<em>Chara braunii</em> Uses Electrical Potentials to Transmit Signals (IMAGE)

University of Würzburg

<em>Chara braunii</em> Uses Electrical Potentials to Transmit Signals

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The algae species Chara braunii uses electrical potentials to transmit signals over longer distances (several centimeters) in its body. It is still unknown which ion channels are involved in this process.

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(Picture rotated 90 degrees: Nora Stingl, Rob Roelfsema, Anna Alova)

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