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Catapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant
Among trapping mechanisms in carnivorous plants, those termed 'active' have especially fascinated scientists since Charles Darwin's early works because trap movements are involved. Fast snap-trapping and suction of prey are two of the most spectacular examples for how these plants actively catch animals, mainly arthropods, for a substantial nutrient supply. We show that Drosera glanduligera, a ...
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Three-dimensional (3D) printing has a variety of applications, from efficient iterations of engineering designs to fabrication of tissues for regenerative medicine. In soft robotics, 3D-printed functional materials can be used to mimic biological functions. Soft robotics overcomes some of the limitations of traditional rigid-body robotics through the ability to conform to different shapes and t...
متن کاملPhylogeny and Biogeography of the Carnivorous Plant Family Sarraceniaceae
The carnivorous plant family Sarraceniaceae comprises three genera of wetland-inhabiting pitcher plants: Darlingtonia in the northwestern United States, Sarracenia in eastern North America, and Heliamphora in northern South America. Hypotheses concerning the biogeographic history leading to this unusual disjunct distribution are controversial, in part because genus- and species-level phylogenie...
متن کاملCarnivorous plants
Figure 1. Carnivorous plants. When we chew and then swallow meat, we stimulate glands (pancreatic acinar cells) to secrete hydrochloric acid and proteases. Amino acids released into the human stomach by the acidic lytic sap are forwarded to and taken up by the intestine. When compared with the human endocrine system, the Venus flytrap also operates as a mouth, stomach and intestine, all combine...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Botanica Gallica
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1253-8078,2166-3408
DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2005.10515469