Polarity reversal in nerve-free hydra.
Hydra experimentally depleted of all nerve cells and nerve stem cells (interstitial cells) demonstrate normal polarity reversal. Thus hydra epithelial cells are capable of controlling complex developmental patterning phenomena.
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D006829:Hydra / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D012038:Regeneration
D003078:Colchicine