Estrada-Peña A
Unidad de Parasitología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain.
Parasitol Res. 1993;79(6):512-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00931594.
An association between the climate and variation of the cuticular hydrocarbon pattern was found for several populations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. Extreme parameters of climate (absolute minimal and maximal temperatures) correlated positively with six compounds (mainly methylalkanes) detected in cuticular hydrocarbon mixtures. In the light of work conducted on cuticular transpiration in arthropods and biochemical phase changes in cuticle lipids, it is suggested that the adaptation of ticks to potential colonization areas is accomplished by detectable changes in cuticular hydrocarbon relationships. These tick strains can be biochemically determined and their adaptation potential, analyzed.
在多个血红扇头蜱种群中发现了气候与表皮碳氢化合物模式变化之间的关联。气候的极端参数（绝对最低和最高温度）与在表皮碳氢化合物混合物中检测到的六种化合物（主要是甲基烷烃）呈正相关。鉴于对节肢动物表皮蒸腾作用和表皮脂质生化相变所做的研究，有人提出，蜱对潜在定殖区域的适应是通过表皮碳氢化合物关系中可检测到的变化来实现的。这些蜱菌株可以通过生化方法确定，并且可以分析它们的适应潜力。
