Table 3.

Physiological index of ticks in the nov-mir-17 overexpression experiment.

Physiological index	untreated	agomir	miRNA-NC
recycle Ticks number	33	33	34
the bite rate after 24h	93.94%	94.73%	90%
the number days of engorgement	9.702 ± 0.2438	7.182 ± 0.4221*	9.191 ± 0.1897
the weight after engorgement (g)	1.269 ± 0.0313	0.9811 ± 0.0453***	1.247 ± 0.0451
the spawning rate	69.70%	48.48%***	67.64%

Each data point is the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments (n = 3). Different letters on the same line indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). The bold values indicate significant differences between untreated and experimental group.