Salivary gland proteome analysis of developing adult female Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks: molecular motor and TCA cycle-related proteins play an important role throughout development

Table 1 Physiological data for ticks after RNAi

	Mean time required for engorgement (days)^a	Mortality rate (%)	Mean engorged weight (mg)^a	Mean no. of eggs^a	Mean egg hatching rate (%)^a
Dynein	6.6 ± 0.8	47.5	79.9 ± 19.3^b	318 ± 46^b	31.8 ± 8.2^b
Kinesin	6.5 ± 1.0	42.5	98.8 ± 27.4^b	453 ± 49^b	37.2 ± 7.3^b
Isocitrate dehydrogenase	5.9 ± 0.6	32.5	125.7 ± 25.7^b	927 ± 63^b	48.3 ± 5.8^b
Citrate synthase	5.8 ± 0.8	22.5	112.5 ± 20.1^b	831 ± 52^b	51.3 ± 9.1^b
GFP	5.2 ± 0.6	12.5	213.8 ± 28.2	1801 ± 31	84.7 ± 6.5
No injections	5.1 ± 0.7	15.0	218.9 ± 23.3	1886 ± 45	85.1 ± 4.1

^aMean ± standard deviation (SD)
^bTick engorged weight, number of eggs, and egg hatching rate was compared between female RNAi with test genes dsRNA and GFP control dsRNA by Studentʼs t-test (P-value < 0.05)

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