Switch from asexual to sexual reproduction in the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Hoshi, Motonori ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a,b   Arioka, Sachiko ^a   Hase, Sumitaka ^c   Matsumoto, Midori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0042905864     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.2.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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