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Harm or protection? The adaptive function of tick toxins

The existence of tick toxins is an old enigma that has intrigued scientists for a long time. The adaptive value of using deadly toxins for predatory animals is obvious: they try to kill the prey in the most effective way or protect themselves from their natural enemies. Ticks, however, are blood‐suc...

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Autores principales: Apari, Péter, Földvári, Gábor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7896703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13123