Value |
300
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Organism |
Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Reference |
AG Cattaneo, R Gornati, M Chiriva-Internati, G Bernardini, Ecotoxicology of nanomaterials: the role of invertebrate testing (2009) Publisher ISJ p. 85 right column 3rd paragraph in link |
Comments |
Two sexes are described: a self-fertilizing true hermaphrodite, with two intra-abdominal gonads, one producing sperm, the other eggs. It is able to give rise to about 300 larvae in its life course. Males are occasionally and rarely produced (1/10^3). |
Entered by |
Ben Marks |
ID |
101370 |