Results: Representative Effects of Colchicine Treatment of Hydra Regeneration
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The overall goal of this procedure is to generate and efficiently maintain nerve-free hydra by manual force feeding and burping. This method can help answer key questions in the hydra field about the role of the nerve and various behaviors and bio
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Through a double treatment with colchicine, a plant-derived toxin that kills dividing cells, nerve-free Hydra vulgaris can be generated. These Hydra cannot feed or egest on their own. This paper describes an improved method for long-term maintenance of nerve free Hydra vulgaris in the laboratory.