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The assembly behavior of the tickArgas persicus Oken in response to guanine has been found to be humidity dependent. Nymphal and adult maleA. persicus assemble on guanine-treated paper disks only at low relative humidities (25 ± 5%). Exposure of the ticks to high relative humidities (85 ± 5%) results in a gradual induction of a negative response to the pheromone.
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Hassanali, A., Nyandat, E., Obenchain, F.A. et al. Humidity effects on response ofArgas persicus (Oken) to guanine, an assembly pheromone of ticks. J Chem Ecol 15, 791–797 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01015177
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