A four-variable model for the pattern-forming mechanism in Hydra.
A generalized Gierer-Meinhardt model has been used to account for the transplantation experiments in Hydra. In this model, a cross inhibition between the two organizing centres (namely, head and foot) are assumed to be the only mode of interaction in setting up a stable morphogen distribution for the pattern formation in Hydra.
D000818:Animals; D006829:Hydra / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis; D014180:Transplantation