A combination of chemosensory and mechanosensory stimuli triggers the male mating response in the giant rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 465-475

  Joanidopoulos, Konstantin D ^a   Marwan, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ASPLANCHNA SIEBOLDI; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0033062514     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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