Biology of Ticks, Volume I

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2nd ed. V. 1: Overview : ticks, people, and animals / Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe -- Modern tick systematics / Lance A. Durden and Lorenza Beati -- Life cycles and natural history of ticks / Dmitry A. Apanaskevich and James H. Oliver, Jr. -- External and internal anatomy of ticks / Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe -- Integument and ecdysis / W. Reuben Kaufman -- Mouthparts and digestive system : anatomy and molecular biology of feeding and digestion / Daniel E. Sonenshine and Jennifer M. Anderson -- Salivary glands : structure, physiology, and molecular biology / Francisco J. Alarcon-Chaidez -- Excretion and water balance : hindgut, malpighian tubules, and coxal glands / Daniel E. Sonenshine -- Heme processing and the evolution of hematophagy / Ben J. Mans -- Respiratory system : structure and function / Laura J. Fielden and Frances D. Duncan -- Circulatory system and hemolymph : structure, physiology, and molecular biology / Libor Grubhoffer [and others] -- Fat body and nephrocytes : structure and function / Lewis B. Coons -- Nervous and sensory systems : structure, function, genomics, and proteomics / Ladislav Šimo [and others] -- Molecular biology and physiology of chemical communication / Albert Mulenga -- Heme-binding lipoglyco-storage proteins / Sayed M.S. Khalil [and others] -- Hormonal regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction in ticks / R. Michael Roe [and others] -- Female reproductive system : anatomy, physiology, and molecular biology / Mari H. Ogihara and DeMar Taylor -- Male reproductive system : anatomy, physiology, and molecular biology / Daniel E. Sonenshine and Lewis B. Coons. V. 2: $t Ecology of non-nidicolous ticks / Sarah E. Randolph -- Ecology of nidicolous ticks / Jeremy S. Gray, Agustín Estrada-Peña, and Laurence Vial -- Tick genetics, genomics, and transformation / Jason M. Meyer and Catherine A. Hill -- Tick-host interactions / Stephen K. Wikel -- How ticks control microbes : innate immune responses / Wayne L. Hynes -- Tick-borne protozoa / Adalberto A. Pérez de León [and others] -- Tick-borne viruses / Patricia A. Nuttall -- Tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses and Rickettsia species / Kevin R. Macaluso and Christopher D. Paddock -- Tick-borne rickettsioses II (Anaplasmataceae) / Holly D. Gaff, Katherine M. Kocan, and Daniel E. Sonenshine -- Non-rickettsial tick-borne bacteria and the diseases they cause / Nick H. Ogden [and others] -- Tick-induced paralysis and toxicoses / Agustín Estrada-Peña an…