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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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Fr. M0
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50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0)
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50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0)
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Fr. M10
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47/49 (96.0 ± 4.0)
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44/49 (89.5 ± 6.5)
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Fr. M30
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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Fr. M100
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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Fr. H
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
|
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Bdelloceplala brunnea
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Fr. M0
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50/50 (100.0 ± 0.0)
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44/50 (88.0 ± 8.0)
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Fr. M10
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45/49 (91.8 ± 4.3)
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39/49 (79.6 ± 4.5)
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Fr. M30
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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Fr. M100
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/48 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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Fr. H
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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Minced worms
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49/49 (100.0 ± 0.0)
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47/49 (96.0 ± 4.0)
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Chicken liver
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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0/50 (0.0 ± 0.0)
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- The extracts were obtained as described in Figure 1. See Materials and methods for test food. Twenty-five test worms were also fed approximately 400 mg of minced worms and chicken liver, respectively, for 4 weeks. Means and standard errors of duplicated experiments are shown. Fr., fraction.
