The influence of tick behavior, biotope and host specificity on concerted evolution of the platelet aggregation inhibitor savignygrin, from the soft tick Ornithodoros savignyi.

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Ticks are obligate blood-feeding parasites that secrete anti-hemostatic components during feeding to enable control of the hemostatic system of the host. Complex interactions at the tick-host interface are an indication of the important role that the host played during tick evolution. The question is to what extent interaction with the host and the environment influences tick evolution. Previously, two isoforms...

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