Zoologia. - Study on the reproductive biology of a sexual strain of the American freshwater planarian Dugesia (Girardia) tigrina, found in southern Italy

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Rendiconti Lincei Matematica E Applicazioni

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-43

  Benazzi, Mario ^a   Forli, Enrica Giannini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

American polytypic species; Dugesia (Girardia) tigrina; Italian sexual strain; Reproductive biology; Sterility

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844295503     PISSN: 11206330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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