Morphological responses to feeding in ticks (Ixodes ricinus)
Abstract Background Ticks can survive long periods without feeding but, when feeding, ingest large quantities of blood, resulting in a more than 100-fold increase of body volume. We study morphological adaptations to changes in opisthosoma volume during feeding in the castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | Zoological Letters |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-018-0104-0 |