Thomas Gibson

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Figure 1: Related insectivorous plants. The circumboreal sundew,...
Figure 2: Escape rates from Drosera filiformis tracyi as a function of...
Figure 3: Relationships between insect size and trap size in Dionaea....
Figure 4: Scenario for the evolution of snap-traps from Drosera. (a)...
+1 Figure 6: How do rewards from carnivory scale with prey size? This will...
Evolving Darwin's 'most wonderful' plant: Ecological steps to a snap-trap
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  • Aug 2009
Among carnivorous plants, Darwin was particularly fascinated by the speed and sensitivity of snap-traps in Dionaea and Aldrovanda. Recent molecular work confirms Darwin's conjecture that these monotypic taxa are sister to Drosera, meaning that snap-traps evolved from a 'flypaper' trap. Transitions include tentacles being modified into trigger hairs...
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