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Sex ratios of the tick Ixodes arboricola are strongly female-biased, but there are no indications of sex-distorting bacteria
2018
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Sex ratios of the tick Ixodes arboricola are strongly female-biased, but there are no indications of sex-distorting bacteria. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Elsevier, 2018, 9 (2), pp. A B S T R A C T Studies on sex ratio are of fundamental importance for understanding the biology of populations and biological control of pests and pathogens. In most Ixodes tick species, only females feed in the adult stage and, hence, contribute to pathogen transmission. The tree-hole tick Ixodes arboricola
doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.11.004
pmid:29150322
fatcat:kunvrubbxzhrfayf3pdtfizm6e