Horsetail spores found able to 'walk' and 'jump' (w/ Video)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —A trio of researches working at University Grenoble in France has discovered that spores produced by horsetail plants are able to move around using "legs" known as elaters. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers describe the types of movement exhibited by the spores when subjected to changing humidity conditions.