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Dynamic changes in cuticular chitin enhance mechanical resilience of the tick alloscutum during engorgement
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• Ticks actively synthesize chitin and remodel their cuticle during blood feeding, outside of the molting cycle. • Chitin biosynthesis does not drive cuticle distension during tick engorgement. • The newly synthesized chitin hardens the distending tick cuticle and helps it resist rupture under mechanical compression. • Chitin depletion during the feeding stage disrupts molting and thus represents a potential target for tick vector control strategies.
Keywords:
Cuticle
chitin
alloscutum
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
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