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Regeneration of Hydra from Reaggregated Cells

Nature New Biology volume 239, pages 98–101 (1972)Cite this article

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Separated cells of hydra reaggregate and develop into normal animals. The regeneration of serially grafted aggregates derived from different parts of hydra tissue demonstrates that the polarity of morphogenesis in hydra is the result of the cellular composition of the tissue, not cellular orientation.

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    A. GIERER, S. BERKING, H. BODE, C. N. DAVID, K. FLICK, G. HANSMANN, H. SCHALLER & E. TRENKNER

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GIERER, A., BERKING, S., BODE, H. et al. Regeneration of Hydra from Reaggregated Cells. Nature New Biology 239, 98–101 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio239098a0

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