Nothing wrong with AI: I have seen those ones before... Maybe AI knows something we don't...

Guess what I asked AI to make an alphabet from ?

Tick dragging under sub-optimal conditions....

Indeed: never see this in the Methods sections of a paper

Does anybody know how many chromosomes Dermacentor reticulatus ticks have? Preferably with a reference.....

Rickettsiella bacteria possess metabolic traits involved in symbiotic interactions with arthropods. Strikingly, one (of the two) Rickettsiella species present in Ixodes ricinus ticks might be infectious to humans. Whether it causes disease needs further investigation.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...

By sequencing and comparing the genomes of Borrelia miyamotoi from Asia, N-America & Europe, we got insights into the genetic basis of the variaton in vector competence, virulence, and pathogenesis of this tick-borne pathogen.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

By studying the genomes of Arsenophonus bacteria, we are trying to understand the genetics underlying horizontal (mostly pathogens) and vertical (mostly symbionts) transmission.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

We sequenced Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes inopinatus, just to find out that they are genetically highly similar: it remains a mystery what causes the morphological differences.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...