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Lack of daily rhythm in the release of assembly pheromones by the tickAmblyomma hebraeum (Koch)

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Tests conducted under natural light: dark regimes showed that the release of assembly pheromones by fed males ofAmblyomma hebraeum as well as the response of unfed adult ticks to the pheromones were not affected by daily rhythms.

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  1. Tick Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, 6140, Grahamstown, South Africa

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Rechav, Y. Lack of daily rhythm in the release of assembly pheromones by the tickAmblyomma hebraeum (Koch). Experientia 34, 478–479 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01935938

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