ArticlePLoS biology2020
A single touch can provide sufficient mechanical stimulation to trigger Venus flytrap closure.
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- MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A liquid metal-based module emulating the intelligent preying logic of flytrap.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Origami-based integration of robots that sense, decide, and respond.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Shapeshifting in the Venus flytrap (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Signaling and transport processes related to the carnivorous lifestyle of plants living on nutrient-poor soil.Plant physiology · 2021Review
- Mechanical factors contributing to the Venus flytrap's rate-dependent response to stimuli.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2021Article
- Broadening the definition of a nervous system to better understand the evolution of plants and animals.Plant signaling & behavior · 2021Review
- Membrane voltage as a dynamic platform for spatiotemporal signaling, physiological, and developmental regulation.Plant physiology · 2021Article
- Rapid movements in plants.Journal of plant research · 2021Review
- Kinematics Governing Mechanotransduction in the Sensory Hair of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
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 developed an electromechanical model, which, however, suggests that under certain circumstances one touch is sufficient to generate two action potentials. Using a force-sensing microrobotic system, we precisely quantified the sensory-hair deflection parameters necessary to trigger trap closure and correlated them with the elicited action potentials in vivo. Our results confirm the model's predictions, suggesting that the Venus flytrap may be adapted to a wider range of prey movements than previously assumed.
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