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Culture of Sexually Differentiated Hydra

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Hydra: Research Methods

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To induce either the diecious Hydra littoralis or the monoecious Hydra viridis, to differentiate gonads.

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  1. Biology Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    Charles L. Rutherford

  2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA

    David Hessinger

  3. Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA

    Howard M. Lenhoff

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  1. Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, 92717, Irvine, California, USA

    Howard M. Lenhoff

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Rutherford, C.L., Hessinger, D., Lenhoff, H.M. (1983). Culture of Sexually Differentiated Hydra. In: Lenhoff, H.M. (eds) Hydra: Research Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0596-6_12

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