Molecular individuality and adaptation of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in changed feeding environments

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 403-412

  Wang, H ^a   Kaufman, W R ^b   Cui, W W ^a   Nuttall, P A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg mass; Host adaptation; Polymorphism; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Salivary gland proteins; Tick feeding performance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FEEDING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; TICK;

ACARI; CAVIA; CRICETINAE; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

SALIVA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TICK;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 0035543749     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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