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Characteristics and probable functions of morphogens of the freshwater polyp, hydra Hydra sp., are considered in the review.

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Translated from Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 3–11.

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Kukalev, A.S. Morphogens of hydra Hydra sp.. J Evol Biochem Phys 41, 1–11 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10893-005-0028-0

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