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Engorged females lose weight prior to oviposition , and this may mask active
uptake , and the egg mass weight is less than the weight of the female so no
obvious uptake occurs during this time . Also , salivary gland degeneration has
been ...
Engorged females lose weight prior to oviposition , and this may mask active
uptake , and the egg mass weight is less than the weight of the female so no
obvious uptake occurs during this time . Also , salivary gland degeneration has
been ...
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8.2 THE GONOTROPHIC CYCLE OF ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA As in other
ticks, engorgement and mating are the usual ... Experiments using 82 fully
engorged and 55 partially fed females demonstrated high linear correlations (
correlation ...
8.2 THE GONOTROPHIC CYCLE OF ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA As in other
ticks, engorgement and mating are the usual ... Experiments using 82 fully
engorged and 55 partially fed females demonstrated high linear correlations (
correlation ...
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Equations Correlation coefficients Egg yield ( mg ) = 0.502 x Bloodmeal weight -
0.946 No. of eggs = 0.725 x Bloodmeal weight + 2.089 0.950 0.948 Egg yield (
mg ) = 0.460 ~ Engorged female weight 17.34 No. of eggs = 0.663 x Engorged ...
Equations Correlation coefficients Egg yield ( mg ) = 0.502 x Bloodmeal weight -
0.946 No. of eggs = 0.725 x Bloodmeal weight + 2.089 0.950 0.948 Egg yield (
mg ) = 0.460 ~ Engorged female weight 17.34 No. of eggs = 0.663 x Engorged ...
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Contents
Foreword | 13 |
Directory of contributors | 17 |
Salivary gland degeneration in the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum | 46 |
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| Title | Morphology, Physiology, and Behavioral Biology of Ticks Acarology Series Ellis Horwood Series in Entomology and Acarology Ellis Horwood series in acarology Open University Press Robotics Series |
| Author | J. Alexander Hair |
| Editors | John R. Sauer, J. Alexander Hair |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | E. Horwood, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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