"Male factors" in ticks: Their role in feeding and egg development

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Kaufman, W Reuben ^a   Lomas, Lee O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroids; Ixodid ticks; Mating factors; Prostaglandins; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0030425136     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1996.9672545     Document Type: Article

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