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Juvenile Sterility in Male Ticks of Ornithodoros tholozani

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DURING an investigation of the physiology of reproduction in ticks, we observed that young male ticks of Ornithodoros tholozani are temporarily sterile, although they may copulate.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    B. FELDMAN-MUHSAM & YAEL HAVIVI

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FELDMAN-MUHSAM, B., HAVIVI, Y. Juvenile Sterility in Male Ticks of Ornithodoros tholozani. Nature 213, 422–423 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213422b0

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