Observations on Sexual Attraction and Copulation in the Nematode Panagrolaimus rigidus (Schneider)
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WHEN observing cultures of Panagrolaimus rigidus to examine their life-history, copulation seemed to depend simply on chance encounters between males and females. However, as males often
touched males without attempting copulation, there was the suggestion that different sexes attracted each other and those of the same sex repelled one another. Experiments were therefore
made to see whether the nematodes produce sex attractants or repellents. The act of copulation was also observed in detail.
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