The Hydra genome: insights, puzzles and opportunities for developmental biologists.
The sequencing of a Hydra genome marked the beginning of a new era in the use of Hydra as a developmental model. Analysis of the genome sequence has led to a number of interesting findings, has required revisiting of previous work, and most importantly presents new opportunities for understanding the developmental biology of Hydra. This review will de-scribe the history of the Hydra genome project, a selection of results from it that are relevant to developmental biologists, and some future research opportunities provided by Hydra genomics.
Department of Biological Chemistry and the Developmental Biology Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1700, USA. resteele@uci.edu
Robert E
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Steele
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015509:Developmental Biology; D016678:Genome; D006829:Hydra / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D059467:Transcriptome