Evidence for unconditional sperm transfer and sperm-dependent parthenogenesis in a hermaphroditic flatworm (Girardia tigrina) with fissipary

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-52

  Vreys, Carla ^a   Crain, Jeremy ^b   Hamilton, Sherri ^b   Williamson, Suzanne ^b   Steffanie, Natascha ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Girardia tigrina; Hermaphrodite; Platyhelminthes; Sperm trading; Sperm dependent parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

GIRARDIA TIGRINA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0036257621     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690200064X     Document Type: Article

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