Study sheds light on how carnivorous plants acquired a taste for meat

Study sheds light on how carnivorous plants acquired a taste for meat 02/07/2017 02:18 PM EST A new study probes the origins of carnivory in several distantly related plants--including the Australian, Asian and American pitcher plants, which appear strikingly similar to the human (or insect) eye. Although each species developed carnivory independently, the research concludes that the biological machinery required for digesting insects evolved in a strikingly similar fashion in all three. Full story at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2017/02/010.html Source University at Buffalo This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111