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Insect aquaplaning: Nepenthes pitcher plants capture prey with the peristome, a fully wettable water-lubricated anisotropic surface

Pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes have highly specialized leaves adapted to attract, capture, retain, and digest arthropod prey. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the capture of insects, ranging from slippery epicuticular wax crystals to downward-pointing lunate cells and alkaloid secret...

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Autores principales: Bohn, Holger F., Federle, Walter
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC521129/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15383667
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405885101
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