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KMID : 0425120150530030361
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2015 Volume.53 No. 3 p.361 ~ p.364
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Morphological Characteristics of Normal and Gynandromorphic Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze and Schlottke, 1930
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Chen Ze
Li You-quan
Ren Qiao-Yun
Luo Jin
Hu Yonghong
Li Kai
Liu Guang-Yuan
Luo Jian-xun
Liu Jing Ze
Yin Hong
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Abstract
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Gynandromorphic ticks are extremely rare, and often attract parasitologists’ attention. During our examination of tick specimens, an engorged gynandromorph of Hyalomma asiaticum was noticed. This is the first record of gynandromorphic ticks from China. In this study, several important morphological structures of normal and gynandromorphic H. asiaticum were analyzed. Comparing to the normal H. asiaticum, the gynandromorphic specimen was a typical bipartite protogynander. Its right side showed normal female characteristics, whereas the left side had normal male traits. Different from other gynandromorphic ticks containing 1 anus, this tick reported here had 2 complete anuses, and the anus of the male part had a single adanal plate.
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KEYWORD
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Hyalomma asiaticum, gynandromorphism, normal population
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