how do they reproduce?
The male can inseminate the hermaphrodite, which will preferentially use male sperm
Caenorhabditis elegans
The male can inseminate the hermaphrodite, which will preferentially use male sperm
where are c. elegans found in nature and what do they eat temperate soil environments what are these organisms? It is a free-living transparent nematode can you describe its body? The basic anatomy of "C. elegans" includes a mouth, pharynx, intestine, gonad, and collagenous cuticle.
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Caenorhabditis elegans [SEP] Reproduction
The hermaphroditic worm is considered to be a specialized form of self-fertile female, as its soma is female. The hermaphroditic germline produces male gametes first, and lays eggs through its uterus after internal fertilization. Hermaphrodites produce all their sperm in the L4 stage (150 sperm cells per gonadal arm) and then produce only oocytes. The hermaphroditic gonad acts as an ovotestis with sperm cells being stored in the same area of the gonad as the oocytes until the first oocyte pushes the sperm into the spermatheca (a chamber wherein the oocytes become fertilized by the sperm). The male can inseminate the hermaphrodite, which will preferentially use male sperm (both types of sperm are stored in the spermatheca).