Hermaphroditism in tardigrades |
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| Authors: | ROBERTO BERTOLANI |
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| Affiliation: | Istituto di Anatomia Comparata dell'Università di Modena , Via Berengario 14, 41100 , Modena , Italy |
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| Abstract: | Evidence is presented to show the existence of hermaphroditism in tardigrades, a phenomenon hitherto unknown for this phylum: specimens were obtained containing male and female germ cells in maturation in the same gonad. Hermaphroditic animals have been found in a few species of Isohypsibius; in many species of other genera and also of Isohypsibius, there is gonochorism. |
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| Keywords: | invertebrate reproduction hermaphroditism Tardigrada Isohypsibius |
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