Publication: The mechanical basis for snapping of the Venus flytrap, Darwin’s ‘most wonderful plant in the world’
The mechanical basis for snapping of the Venus flytrap, Darwin’s ‘most wonderful plant in the world’
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Burri, J. T., Saikia, E., Läubli, N. F., Vogler, H., Wittel, F. K., Rüggeberg, M., Herrmann, H. J., Burgert, I., Nelson, B. J., & Grossniklaus, U. (2019). The mechanical basis for snapping of the Venus flytrap, Darwin’s ‘most wonderful plant in the world’ (No. 697797; BioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/697797
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The carnivorous Venus flytrap catches prey by an ingenious snapping mechanism. Based on work over the past 190 years, it has become generally accepted that two touches of the trap’s sensory hairs within 30 seconds, each one generating an action potential, are required to trigger closure of the trap. We developed an electromechanical model which, however, suggests that under certain circumstances one touch is sufficient to generate two action potentials. Using a force-sensing microrobotics system, we precisely quantified the sensory ha
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Burri, J. T., Saikia, E., Läubli, N. F., Vogler, H., Wittel, F. K., Rüggeberg, M., Herrmann, H. J., Burgert, I., Nelson, B. J., & Grossniklaus, U. (2019). The mechanical basis for snapping of the Venus flytrap, Darwin’s ‘most wonderful plant in the world’ (No. 697797; BioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/697797
