Skip to main content

Table 3 The ovary-inducing activity in the cytosolic fractions from Thysanozoon brocchii and Ambigolimax valentianus

From: A comprehensive comparison of sex-inducing activity in asexual worms of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis: the crucial sex-inducing substance appears to be present in yolk glands in Tricladida

Test food

Number of worms at stage 1–2

Significancea

 Chicken liver (Control)

0 / 30

–

Thysanozoon brocchii

 Fr. M0

14 / 30

<  7.01E-5

 Fr. M10

30 / 30

<  9.49E-15

 Fr. M100

10 / 28

<  0.0011

Ambigolimax valentianus

 Fr. M0

4 / 30

–

 Fr. M10

0 / 30

–

 Fr. M100

0 / 29

–

  1. aProbability was calculated by chi-square test and compared with the control
Back to article page

Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

Contact us