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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...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |