Effect of 20-hydroxyecdysone and haemolymph on oogenesis in the ixodid tick Amblyomma hebraeum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1175-1183

  Seixas, Adriana ^a   Friesen, Kevin J ^b   Kaufman, W Reuben ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Amblyomma hebraeum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ecdysteroids; Ixodid ticks; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EGG PRODUCTION; GAMETOGENESIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; TICK; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; OOCYTES; OVARY; SALIVA; TICKS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 48549098729     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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