Ticks are arthropods known worldwide to be vectors of many human, domestic animal and wildlife pathogens. They are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood. During these meals, the tick can take u
Resource partitioning is a mechanism for niche differentiation which can facilitate coexistence of species at local scales. Insights into resource use and niche differentiation of functionally similar
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are highly conserved ∼22 nt small noncoding RNAs that bind partially complementary sequences in target transcripts. MicroRNAs regulate both translation and transcript stability, and
