The best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants (VIDEO)

Salk Institute

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Salk scientists, along with collaborators from Washington University in St. Louis, have investigated the molecular basis of plant carnivory and found evidence that it evolved from mechanisms plants use to defend themselves.

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