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Hydra – Emerging Model System. Phylogeny. History. Abraham Trembley (1744) Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce , Gebr. Verbeek, Leiden. Hydra vulgaris Ind-Pune. Phylum : Cnidaria Class : Hydrozoa Family : Hydridae Genus : Hydra. Scale bar = 2.5 mm.
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History Abraham Trembley (1744) Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce, Gebr. Verbeek, Leiden
Hydra vulgarisInd-Pune Phylum : Cnidaria Class : Hydrozoa Family : Hydridae Genus : Hydra Scale bar = 2.5 mm
Types of Nematocysts Scale bar = 5μm
Asexual Reproduction by Budding Scale bar = 0.1mm
Regeneration Capacity of Hydra Longitudinal cut Traverse cut Trisection
Genome 2n=30 Genome Size ~1.3 G bp Genome Assemblies –H.magnipapillata, H.vulgaris Ind-Pune (Adapted from Anokhin et.al., 2010)
What we can learn from Hydra Phylogeny (At the base of metazoan phyla) Evolutionary transition (body axis, germ layers, gonads, cell types) Pattern formation (peculiar tissue dynamics make hydra a perpetual embryo) Regeneration, stem cells