Pollen Origami
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Click to view, or right-click and save: Scifri video: Pollen Origami.Pollen starts to dry out when it leaves the flower, which can destroy the genetic material the grain is carrying. To combat dehydration, pollen grains have evolved a way of folding up to prevent water from leaking out. Eleni Katifori and colleagues describe the physics of pollen folding in a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Music courtesy of Prelinger Archives. Edited by Annette Heist. Produced by Flora Lichtman
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