Endocrinology and control of tick vitellogenesis;Endocrinologia e controle da vitelogênese em carrapatos

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-111

  Seixas, Adriana ^a,b   Oldiges, Daiane Patricia ^b,c   da Silva Vaz Jr , Itabajara ^a,b   Termignoni, Carlos ^a,b  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Enzymes; Hormones; Tick; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 79957990055     PISSN: 16780345     EISSN: 16799216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22456/1679-9216.16586     Document Type: Review

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