[ad_1] <br><div><img width="600" height="400" src="https://scienceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tick.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Southern cattle fever tick. The USDA-Texas A&M Department of Entomology study identified chromosomes that determine whether ticks develop as male or female. The discovery could lead to novel control methods of these and other disease-spreading ticks. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)" style="margin-bottom: 15px" srcset="https://scienceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tick.jpeg 600w, https://scienceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tick-300x200.jpeg 300w" /></div> <br>
