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PREVIOUSLY no pheromones have been discovered in soft ticks, although a few have been demonstrated in hard ticks1–3 and hundreds in insects4. We have now shown that both males and females of the soft tick Argas persicus produce material(s) to induce aggregation, which could therefore be considered as assembly pheromone(s) (Fig. 1), acting both within and between the sexes.
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LEAHY, M., VANDEHEY, R. & GALUN, R. Assembly Pheromone(s) in the Soft Tick Argas persicus (Oken). Nature 246, 515–517 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246515a0
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