Marine Biological Association, the Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK.
Curr Biol. 2017 Aug 7;27(15):R763-R764. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.029.
The Venus flytrap effectively detects, traps, digests and absorbs insect prey. A recent study links the mechanical stimulation of sensory hair cells with short- and long-term signalling giving rise to different downstream secretion events that bring about conditions for prey digestion.
捕蝇草能够有效地检测、捕捉、消化和吸收昆虫猎物。最近的一项研究将感觉毛细胞的机械刺激与短期和长期信号联系起来,从而引发不同的下游分泌事件,为猎物消化创造条件。