Venus Flytrap: How an Excitable, Carnivorous Plant Works.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.12.004
Abstract: The carnivorous plant Dionaea possesses very sensitive mechanoreceptors. Upon contact with prey an action potential is triggered which, via an electrical network - comparable to the nervous system of vertebrates - rapidly closes its bivalved… read more here.
Keywords: plant; venus flytrap; carnivorous plant; excitable carnivorous ... See more keywords