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Buds originate inHydra attenuata at a position 1/3 of the body length from the basal disc. The position with respect to the vertical axes is determined first and the position of the bud on the circumference of this budding region is specified later.
Bud formation in hydra is reversibly prevented by pre-treatment with an inhibitor purified from hydra tissue (Berking, 1977). Some hours after the end of the treatment with the inhibitor, bud formation is resumed. From the starting or restarting point of development after the inhibitory treatment to the visible beginning of bud formation, 4 intermediary stages were distinguished on the basis of different responses to a second treatment with inhibitor. The pre0treatment is followed immediately by a period of maximal sensitivity to the inhibitor, which varies in length. At the conclusion of this phase the time interval required for the visible appearance of buds is fixed (12 h). In this and the following phase another application of inhibitor can cancel the entire preparatory process from the pre-treatment onwards. A transition to near complete resistance to inhibitor is the basis for defining a third phase. In a fourth phase, immediately before the evagination of the bud starts, the proesence of the inhibitor will again hinder the development. Upon removal of the inhibitor the suppressed buds will appear.
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Berking, S., Gierer, A. Analysis of early stages of budding inHydra by means of an endogenous inhibitor. Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 182, 117–129 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00848052
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