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A Viscoelastic Deadly Fluid in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants
BACKGROUND: The carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes, widely distributed in the Asian tropics, rely mostly on nutrients derived from arthropods trapped in their pitcher-shaped leaves and digested by their enzymatic fluid. The genus exhibits a great diversity of prey and pitcher forms and its me...
Autores principales: | Gaume, Laurence, Forterre, Yoel |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2075164/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18030325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001185 |
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