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Evolution of surface hydrophobicity with germination time. (Upper) Adhesion force histograms obtained before germination started (left) and after 210 min germination (right). (Lower panel) Evolution of the number of nonadhesive events, showing the progressive loss of hydrophobicity as a function of germination time.
