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Thigmotropism and Thigmonasty

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Thigmotropism is directional growth toward touch, as in a coiling tendril; thigmonasty is a touch response independent of the stimulus's direction, as in a snapping flytrap.

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A pea tendril coils toward whatever it contacts, while a flytrap's leaves snap shut regardless of which side an insect brushes.

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Thigmonasty's speed differs from thigmomorphogenesis, the slower thickening triggered by sustained stress such as wind.