The gravid proglottids having fertilised eggs in uterus of tapeworm are regularly detached, this process is known as:

Question

The gravid proglottids having fertilised eggs in uterus of tapeworm are regularly detached, this process is known as: (A) Apolysis (B) Proliferation (C) Strobilation (D) Topolysis

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Disintegration or detachment of a gravid tapeworm segment or of the hypodermis from the old procuticle in arthropods prior to moulting is known as apolysis

Q. The gravid proglottids having fertilised eggs in uterus of tapeworm are regularly detached, this process is known as:

Apolysis

Proliferation

Strobilation

Topolysis

Disintegration or detachment of a gravid tapeworm segment or of the hypodermis from the old procuticle in arthropods prior to moulting is known as apolysis