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Hydro-Responsive Curling of the Resurrection Plant Selaginella lepidophylla

The spirally arranged stems of the spikemoss Selaginella lepidophylla, an ancient resurrection plant, compactly curl into a nest-ball shape upon dehydration. Due to its spiral phyllotaxy, older outer stems on the plant interlace and envelope the younger inner stems forming the plant centre. Stem cur...

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Autores principales: Rafsanjani, Ahmad, Brulé, Véronique, Western, Tamara L., Pasini, Damiano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25623361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08064