Tick neurobiology: recent advances and the post-genomic era

Kristin Lees1, Alan K. Bowman1
1School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, Scotland, UK

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