Mechano-Stimulation Triggers Turgor Changes Associated with Trap Closure in the Darwin Plant Dionaea muscipula  

作　　者：María Escalante-Pérez Sonke Scherzer；Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid Christoph Dottinger Erwin Neher Rainer Hedrich 

机构地区：[1]Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics,University Wurzburg,D-97070 Wurzburg,Germany；[2]Zoology Department,College of Science,King Saud University,PO Box 2455,Riyadh 11451,Saudi Arabia；[3]Thermosensorik GmbH,Erlangen,D-91058 Erlangen,Germany；[4]Department for Membrane Biophysics,Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry,D-37077 Gottingen,Germany

出　　处：《Molecular Plant》2014年第4期744-746,共3页分子植物（英文版）

摘　　要：The Darwin plant, also known as the Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, has fascinated people since Darwin＇s time. The plant lives in nutrient-poor habitats but has been able to overcome the limitations of its surroundings by evolving a carnivorous lifestyle, particularly by modifying its leaves into active traps to catch animals. When flies, ants, or other small animals touch mechano-sensitive hairs protruding from the inner surface of the bi-lobed trap, it shuts within a fraction of a second.The Darwin plant, also known as the Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, has fascinated people since Darwin＇s time. The plant lives in nutrient-poor habitats but has been able to overcome the limitations of its surroundings by evolving a carnivorous lifestyle, particularly by modifying its leaves into active traps to catch animals. When flies, ants, or other small animals touch mechano-sensitive hairs protruding from the inner surface of the bi-lobed trap, it shuts within a fraction of a second.

分 类 号：Q111.2[生物学—普通生物学] S68[农业科学—观赏园艺]