Muscle fiber structure in an aging long‐lived seabird, the black‐legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
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DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21001
Abstract: Many long‐lived animals do not appear to show classic signs of aging, perhaps because they show negligible senescence until dying from “catastrophic” mortality. Muscle senescence is seldom examined in wild animals, yet decline in muscle… read more here.
Keywords: muscle; muscle fiber; fiber; structure ... See more keywords
Environmental Drivers of Questing Activity of Juvenile Black-Legged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Temperature, Desiccation Risk, and Diel Cycles
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz126
Abstract: Abstract Vector feeding behavior can have a profound influence on the transmission of vector-borne diseases. In the case of black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, which vectors the agents of Lyme disease, babesiosis, and other pathogens,… read more here.
Keywords: desiccation; legged ticks; temperature; questing activity ... See more keywords
A novel eukaryotic RdRP-dependent small RNA pathway represses antiviral immunity by controlling an ERK pathway component in the black-legged tick
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281195
Abstract: Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are involved in antiviral defense and gene regulation. Although roles of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases (RdRPs) in sRNA biology are extensively studied in nematodes, plants and fungi, understanding of RdRP homologs in… read more here.
Keywords: rdrp dependent; rdrp; immunity; black legged ... See more keywords
Structural Analysis of the Black-Legged Tick Saliva Protein Salp15
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063134
Abstract: Salp15 is one of the proteins in the saliva of the tick Ixodes scapularis. Together with other biomolecules injected into the mammalian host at the biting site, it helps the tick to sustain its blood… read more here.
Keywords: salp15 structural; structural analysis; black legged; analysis black ... See more keywords
Behavior of Nymphs and Adults of the Black-Legged Tick Ixodes scapularis and the Lone Star Tick Ambylomma americanum in Response to Thermal Stimuli
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DOI: 10.3390/insects13020130
Abstract: Simple Summary Ticks use heat emitted by warm-blooded animals to orient to potential hosts for blood-feeding. Here we study the behavior of two species, the black-legged tick and the lone star tick, to sources of… read more here.
Keywords: black legged; tick; heat; source ... See more keywords
Longer study length, standardized sampling techniques, and broader geographic scope leads to higher likelihood of detecting stable abundance patterns in long term black-legged tick studies
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13916
Abstract: Background Understanding how study design and monitoring strategies shape inference within, and synthesis across, studies is critical across biological disciplines. Many biological and field studies are short term and limited in scope. Monitoring studies are… read more here.
Keywords: stability; tick studies; monitoring; black legged ... See more keywords