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First published online May 1, 2009
Journal of Experimental Biology 212, 1429-1435 (2009)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2009
doi: 10.1242/jeb.029389
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Is the feeding and reproductive performance of the flea, Xenopsylla ramesis, affected by the gender of its rodent host, Meriones crassus?

Irina S. Khokhlova1, Vahan Serobyan1, Boris R. Krasnov2,* and A. Allan Degen1

1 Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
2 Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel


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  		Fig. 1. Amount of blood (mg mg–1 body mass of a fasting flea ± s.e.m.) consumed by a flea Xenopsylla ramesis from male and female Meriones crassus during 60 min on the first, fifth and eighth days of feeding.

 

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  		Fig. 2. Proportion (±s.e.m.) of fleas Xenopsylla ramesis that satiated their appetite and left male and female Meriones crassus in less than 60 min on the first, fifth and eighth days of feeding.

 

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  		Fig. 3. Mean (±s.e.m.) number of eggs produced per day during five days of oviposition by a female Xenopsylla ramesis when feeding on either male or female Meriones crassus.

 

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