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- Epitoky is a process that occurs in many species of polychaete marine worms wherein a ****ually immature worm (the atoke) is modified or transformed into...
- Fertilization normally occurs externally, and the ****es are separate. Epitoky is a process that occurs in polychaete, where a ****ually immature worm...
- exhibit remarkable reproductive strategies. Some species reproduce by epitoky. For much of the year, these worms look like any other burrow-dwelling...
- dying (semelparity), and most of them morph into a distinct form to breed (epitoky). Ragworms are important food sources for a number of s**** birds. Ragworms...
- process of synchronous reproduction in the form of a swarm is known as epitoky. During this process, there is no actual male to female contact. The reproductive...
- Nereid polychaete worms like Platynereis bicanaliculata reproduce via epitoky, a process in which mature individuals transition from benthic to pelagic...
- depression). Look up thelytoky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Autotoky Epitoky Arrhenotoky White, Michael J.D. (1984). "Chromosomal Mechanisms in Animal...
- of other nereidids. The rear chaetae undergo the fewest changes during epitoky, and may even be unmodified. The internal acicula are also unique; some...
- and joins others to swarm in the water column, in a process known as "epitoky". Here the gametes are released and the stolon dies. Meanwhile, the parent...
- becomes detached and swims to the surface of the sea, in a process termed "epitoky". Here the gametes are released and the stolon dies. Meanwhile, the parent...