Schachat Sandra R, Cariglino Bárbara
Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Entomology Section, The University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Área de Paleobotánica y Palinología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "B. Rivadavia", Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina.
Curr Biol. 2023 Feb 27;33(4):R148-R150. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.041.
Only a few groups of plants can move their leaves at night. A new study documents sleep movements in fossil leaves that are older than the dinosaurs, suggesting that this behavior is much more ancient than previously appreciated.
只有少数植物群体能够在夜间移动它们的叶子。一项新的研究记录了比恐龙还古老的化石叶子中的睡眠运动，这表明这种行为比之前认为的要古老得多。
