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Spectrophotometric analysis of lipid used to examine the phenology of the tick Ixodes ricinus

BACKGROUND: Ticks store lipid as an energy souce, which depletes progressively between blood meals. The amount of lipid and rate of lipid depletion can be used as a good indicator of the feeding history and assist in explaining the phenology of tick populations. However, existing gravimetric approac...

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Autores principales: Abdullah, Swaid, Davies, Saran, Wall, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30236144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3102-3