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Biology 2018Fall- Unit 2 Home.. Unit 2 Homework (21 of 36) 22) (23) (24 (25 26) (27) 2829) 30) TimeSpent 00:00:07 21 The plant Mimosa pudica has a striking response to touch - in an instant it folds up its leaves, only spreading them open again several minutes later. Considering this rapid leaf-closing response, what form of cell communication might you guess is involved? Q 21: A) plasmodesmata B) ERK-regulated translational control C) gap junctions D) transcriptional activation by hydrophobic ligands

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Ans (A) Plasmodesmata.

When the leaf of Mimosa pudica is touched an electrical stimulation is generated which passes through the Plasmodesmata and travels through other leaf cells.

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