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Plants find light using gaps between their cells
Quanta Magazine describes how a mutant seedling revealed that plant tissues scatter light, helping plants sense its direction.
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Without eyes or brains, seedlings “see” with their whole bodies, Quanta Magazine says. It reports that a mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it.
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