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Force Generation in the Coiling Tendrils of Passiflora caerulea (Adv. Sci. 28/2023)

Plant Biomechanics Climbing plants such as the passion flower Passiflora caerulea attach to their support structures using tendrils. The initially straight tendrils coil and thereby both contract and form a spring‐like helical structure. The biomechanics of the coiling movement as well as the functi...

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Autores principales: Klimm, Frederike, Speck, Thomas, Thielen, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10558661/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202370189