We find that Trichoplax also displays rapid negative mechanotaxis in response to local stimuli, like touch or injury
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Our work on Trichoplax locomotion and mechanosensing capabilities is out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
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Altogether, this work reveals surprising and dynamic locomotion behaviours adapted to environmental cues, and emerging from simple cellular responses in Trichoplax, an animal with no muscles or nervous system.