[Effect of juvenoids and retinoic acid on the development or larva and nymphs of the tick Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae) and regeneration of Haller's organ during metamorphosis].
Larvae and nymphae of the tick Ixodes ricinus L. display similar reactions to analogs of the insect juvenile hormones (methopren and pyriproxyfen), which induce at both stages juvenalization of the Haller's sense organ regenerates. Similar effects were also described for retinoic acid. Unlike juvenoids, retinoic acid can affect not only regeneration, but also normal development of the Haller's organ and cause changes corresponding to so-called regenerative induction. Amputation of the leg and treatment with retinoic acid do not affect the duration of larval or nymphal development, while juvenoids somewhat accelerate their development.
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Biological Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Oranienbaumskoe sh. 2, Petrodvorets, 198506 Russia. valentin.belozerov@paloma.spbu.ru
D000818:Animals; D018884:Ixodes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D014212:Tretinoin