Figure 6.
The effects on the cold tolerance of ticks after the knockdown of Dnmts. (A) The mortality rate of D. silvarum after cold treatment post DsDnmt and DsDnmt1 knockdown. The mortality rate increased significantly in the ticks with Dnmts' knockdown in relation to the controls. (B) The mortality rate of H. longicornis after cold treatment post HlDnmt1 and HlDnmt knockdown H. longicornis. The mortality rate increased significantly in the ticks with Dnmts' knockdown in relation to the controls. The results are expressed as the means (n = 3) ± SEM. The asterisks above bars indicate significant difference based on one-way ANOVA followed by Turkey's test, *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01.