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For selfing, the flatworms can inject their “own sperm into their anterior body region, including into their own head,” according to the researchers. Observing this process using high magnification, the scientists further noted that the sperm appear to migrate and fertilize an egg located within the flatworm’s body. Reproduction then follows.

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