Plant Trap (IMAGE)

John Innes Centre

Plant Trap

Caption

Imaging and mathematical modelling of the bladderwort Utricularia gibba show how carnivorous plant traps shape themselves in 3D by growth oriented by a tissue polarity field.

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Karen Lee, Yohei Koide, John Fozard and Claire Bushell.

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