蜱类交配效应研究概述

icks are ectoparasitic and obligate blood-sucking arthropods, can transmit a great variety of infectious pathogens, which cause severe damage to human health and domestic animals. The fertility of ticks is extremely strong, which has attracted widespread attentions of researchers on investigating the mating effects of ticks from the perspective of reproductive physiology and developmental physiology. In this study, based on the comparative analysis of gonotrophic cycle between hard and soft ticks, we systematically reviewed the current state of knowledge regarding the mating effects in ticks, especially focused on the effects of mating on the feeding and ovipositing of hard ticks, and the protective substances appeared in the process of mating, which would provide new ideas for the researches of this field and tick control.