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New research sheds light on how carnivorous plants like the Venus fly trap developed a taste for meat. A study from the University of Wurzburg in Germany suggests that subtle changes in the genetics of plants led to some becoming carnivorous. These changes led to the development of some of nature's most ingenious species. Carnivorous plants adapted novel and devious ways to entice and snare insects. The Venus fly trap uses clam-like leaves that snap shut when an insect crawls between them. The pitcher plant is shaped like a vase - insects go inside and then cannot crawl up the slippery insides. The sundew plant has long sticky leaves, which roll up after insects get stuck on them.
Researchers in a variety of fields collaborated in the study. They included computational evolutionary biologist Jörg Schultz and plant biologist Rainer Hedrich. They sequenced and compared the genomes of carnivorous plants to non-carnivorous plants. They discovered that meat-eating plants developed from the same common ancestor about 60 million years ago. Dr Schultz said: "We were able to trace the origin of carnivorous genes back to a duplication event that occurred many millions of years ago in the genome of the last common ancestor of the carnivorous species." Dr Rainer added: "The function of these genes is related to the ability to sense and digest animals and to utilise their nutrients."
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重点解析
1.New research sheds light on how carnivorous plants like the Venus fly trap developed a taste for meat.
sheds light on 阐明
Darwin's book sheds light on the evolution of human beings.
达尔文的书解答了人类演化之谜 。
2.Researchers in a variety of fields collaborated in the study.
collaborate 合作
Success is heavily dependent on skillful collaboration.
成功的口译仰赖合作无间的伙伴 。
参考翻译
新研究揭示了,像捕蝇草这样的肉食植物如何产生了食肉的嗜好
不同领域的研究人员在这项研究中展开了合作