Switching from asexual to sexual reproduction in the planarian dugesia ryukyuensis

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Koyanagi, Ryo ^a   Matsumoto, Midori ^a   Hoshi, Motonor ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Freshwater planarians; Reproductive strategies; Sexual induction; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

BDELLOCEPHALA BRUNNEA; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS;

EID: 0032818678     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652692     Document Type: Article

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