Signification of the sexualizing substance produced by the sexualized planarians

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 667-672

  Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Arioka, Sachiko ^a   Hase, Sumitaka ^a   Hoshi, Motonori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asexual sexual switch; Maintenance of sexuality; Planaria; Sexualization; Sexualizing substance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOCEPHALA; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0036618959     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.667     Document Type: Article

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