Abstract

How are animals equipped with only diffusely distributed nerve nets able to generate complex behaviors? A new study in Hydra vulgaris proposes that a peptide-based 'wireless connectome' works in concert with two familiar network-coordinating mechanisms to generate the animal's remarkable somersault behavior.

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