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Hyposmotic fluid formation in Hydra

D J Benos, R G Kirk, W P Barba

    Tissue & Cell
    |January 1, 1977
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Hydra physiologyfluid transportosmotic regulationintercellular channels

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