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Reducing Number of Nematocytes in the Tentacles

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To reduce the number of all types of nematocytes in the tentacles of many hydra or, using a few hydra, the number of those nematocytes housing only stenotele nematocysts.

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

    G. Scott Smith & Hans R. Bode

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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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Smith, G.S., Bode, H.R. (1983). Reducing Number of Nematocytes in the Tentacles. In: Lenhoff, H.M. (eds) Hydra: Research Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0596-6_43

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