Julia M. S. Santos

Bisexual population of the parthenogenetic tick Amblyomma rotundatum: bioecological data from the field and laboratory

The tick Amblyomma rotundatum parasitizes primarily cold-blooded animals and is widely distributed in the Neotropics. This tick is considered parthenogenetic, with rare reports of males in nature. In the present study, we identified for the first time a bisexual population of A....