Seasonal changes in the sexualization of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1267-1278

  Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Arioka, Sachiko ^b   Hoshi, Motonori ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asexual sexual switch; Planaria; Seasonal changes; Sexualization; Sexualizing substance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TIME; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; PLANARIANS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOCEPHALA; BDELLOCEPHALA BRUNNEA; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0036880548     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.1267     Document Type: Article

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