The leucokinin-like peptide receptor from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is localized in the midgut periphery and receptor silencing with validated double-stranded RNAs causes a reproductive fitness cost

2019/01/20 by Christina M. Brock, Kevin B. Temeyer, Jason Tidwell +9 · 13 citations
Neuroscience · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Insect and Pesticide Research #Vector-borne infectious diseases

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.006

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