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Test food
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Number of test worms that developed a pair of ovaries (%)
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Number of test worms that developed a copulatory apparatus (%)
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Dugesia ryukyuensis
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ppt-1
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44/49 (89.8 ± 2.3)
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1/49 (2.0 ± 2.0)
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| |
ppt-2
|
21/50 (42.0 ± 6.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
|
|
Bdellocephala brunnea
|
ppt-1
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36/50 (72.0 ± 12.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
|
| |
ppt-2
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4/49 (8.1 ± 3.9)
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0/49 (0.0 ± 0.0)
|
| |
Minced worms
|
49/49 (100.0 ± 0.0)
|
47/49 (96.0 ± 4.0)
|
- The precipitates were obtained as described in Figure 1. Twenty-five test worms were fed approximately 400 mg of each sample for 4 weeks. Means and standard errors of duplicated experiments are shown. ppt, precipitate.
