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Pattern regulation properties of a Hydra strain which produces additional heads along the body axis.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Apr 2001
Zeretzke S, Berking S
Abstract excerpt
The multiheaded one (mh-1) strain, isolated from inbred crossings of wild type Hydra magnipapillata, develops additional heads along the body axis. This strain reproduces asexually by budding like the wild type (wt) does. We found that young polyps have a wt-like shape and display wt-like properties. When they grow in size and before they produce extra heads along the body axis, the tissue between the head and...
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