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A single touch can provide sufficient mechanical stimulation to trigger Venus flytrap closure

The carnivorous Venus flytrap catches prey by an ingenious snapping mechanism. Based on work over nearly 200 years, it has become generally accepted that two touches of the trap’s sensory hairs within 30 s, each one generating an action potential, are required to trigger closure of the trap. We deve...

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Autores principales: Burri, Jan T., Saikia, Eashan, Läubli, Nino F., Vogler, Hannes, Wittel, Falk K., Rüggeberg, Markus, Herrmann, Hans J., Burgert, Ingo, Nelson, Bradley J., Grossniklaus, Ueli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7351144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32649659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000740