The Hydra model - a model for what?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6-8, 2012, Pages 437-445

  Gierer, Alfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caspar Friedrich Wolff; Lateral inhibition; Pattern formation; Tissue evagination; Trembley

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELLS; COELENTERATE; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HYDRA; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; RESEARCH; TISSUES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HYDRA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REGENERATION;

COELENTERATA; HYDRA;

EID: 84864437288     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.113458ag     Document Type: Article

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