Venus Flytrap: How an Excitable, Carnivorous Plant Works.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Trends in Plant Science

• Publication date

  2018-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.12.004PMID 29336976
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