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How the Venus flytrap snaps

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  • Yoël Forterre

    (IUSTI CNRS, Université de Provence)

  • Jan M. Skotheim

    (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of , Cambridge
    Harvard University, Pierce Hall)

  • Jacques Dumais

    (Harvard University Biological Laboratories)

  • L. Mahadevan

    (Harvard University Biological Laboratories
    Harvard University, Pierce Hall)

Abstract

Plant movements: a touch of Venus The Venus flytrap takes just 100 milliseconds to snap up its prey, one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom. The biochemical response of the trigger hairs to stimuli and the way that an action potential propagates across the leaves are well known. Less well understood is the mechanism of post-stimulation closure of the trap. Using highspeed video, microscopy and force measurements, the rapid closure mechanism is now shown to result from a mechanical buckling instability. The geometry of the doubly-curved leaf provides a mechanism that can first store, then release elastic energy.

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  • Yoël Forterre & Jan M. Skotheim & Jacques Dumais & L. Mahadevan, 2005. "How the Venus flytrap snaps," Nature, Nature, vol. 433(7024), pages 421-425, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:433:y:2005:i:7024:d:10.1038_nature03185
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03185
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