Researchers from the Cell and Developmental Biology group at the Institute of Zoology at Kiel University are studying one such simple multicellular organism, the freshwater polyp Hydra.

HEADY Role in Hydra Hydra, a multicellular, lower-eukaryotic, freshwater polyp, is known for its developmental idiosyncrasies. Slice off its head or its foot, and within two days either regenerates ...

Her work has appeared in Science, Nature, Science News, and Scientific American. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In the freshwater polyp Hydra vulgaris, a single population of ...