Some criteria for the estimation of the biological and calendar age by the fat storage in midgut cells of Ixodes persulcatus males were established on the basis of examination of ticks from the laboratory culture.
L A Grigor'eva. Estimation of the biological age in males of the taiga tick (Ixodes persulcatus: Ixodinae) by fat reserves in the midgut]. Parazitologiia. 2012 May-Jun;46(3):226-30
PMID: 23082498
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