Determining the photic chronotype in locomotor activity and levels of endogenous control in the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

It is an open question whether the activity of host-seeking ticks is under endogenous circadian control or arises entirely as an exogenous response to external stimuli. We experimentally evaluated the chronotype of locomotor activity in individual unfed adult Dermacentor variabilis. Two major activi...

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Main Authors: Joseph Giulian, Natalia Toporikova, Jessica Petko, Nadia Ayoub, Thomas C. Jones, Darrell Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X25000251
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