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Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures by Adamo, Shelley A., El Nabbout, Amal, Ferguson, Laura V., Zbarsky, Jeffrey S., Faraone, Nicoletta

“…The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis , vectors Borrelia burgdorferi , a bacterium that causes Lyme Disease. Although synthetic pesticides can reduce tick…”
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Muscle in the caterpillar Manduca sexta responds to an immune challenge, but at a cost, suggesting a physiological trade-off by Adamo, Shelley A, Corkum, Emily, Kim, Jongseok, Lee, Tingyat M, Miller, Dylan W, Song, Sungwoo, Wright, Christopher, Zacher, Isaac D, Zbarsky, Jeffrey S, McMillan, Laura E

“…Although skeletal muscle is a specialized tissue that provides the motor for movement, it also participates in other functions, including the immune response…”
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