Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin‐type‐1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Functional kleptoplasty is a photosymbiotic relationship, in which photosynthetically active chloroplasts serve as an intracellular symbiont for a heterotrophic host.
Jenny Melo Clavijo +6 more
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How does temperature affect functional kleptoplasty? Comparing populations of the solar-powered sister-species Elysia timida Risso, 1818 and Elysia cornigera Nuttall, 1989 (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa) [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2018 Background Despite widespread interest in solar-powered sea slugs (Sacoglossa: Gastropoda), relatively little is know about how they actually perform functional kleptoplasty. Sister-taxa Elysia timida and E.
Heike Wägele +2 more
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Chloroplast digestion and the development of functional kleptoplasty in juvenile Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) as compared to short-term and non-chloroplast-retaining sacoglossan slugs [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Sacoglossan sea slugs are the only metazoans known to perform functional kleptoplasty, the sequestration and retention of functional chloroplasts within their digestive gland cells.
Heike Wägele, Elise Laetz
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Sequencing and annotating genomes of non-model organisms helps to understand genome architecture, the genetic processes underlying species traits, and how these genes have evolved in closely-related taxa, among many other biological processes.
Eric Jan Nikolaus Helfrich +2 more
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Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) three decades of research [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011 During the last 30 years, studies on Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) have addressed various aspects related to food sources, photosynthetic efficiency of kleptoplasts, population genetics, chemical ecology and reproductive biology, both in the Mediterranean ...
Mercedes González-Wangüemert
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Photosynthetic sea slugs induce protective changes to the light reactions of the chloroplasts they steal from algae [PDF]
eLife, 2020 Sacoglossan sea slugs are able to maintain functional chloroplasts inside their own cells, and mechanisms that allow preservation of the chloroplasts are unknown.
Vesa Havurinne, Esa Tyystjärvi
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On the art of stealing chloroplasts [PDF]
eLife, 2020 Sea slugs increase the longevity of the chloroplasts they steal from algae by limiting the harmful side-effects of photosynthesis.
Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz
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Mating behaviour in the sea slug
Frontiers in Zoology, 2007 Background In simultaneous hermaphrodites with copulation and internal fertilization it is often unclear whether reciprocal sperm exchange results from the unconditional willingness of both partners to donate and receive sperm, or whether it follows from
Anthes Nils +2 more
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From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT High‐quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experiences from the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) community, we focus on permit and sample‐handling procedures leading up to nucleic acid ...
Reichel K +32 more
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Mitochondrial Genome Assemblies of Elysia timida and Elysia cornigera and the Response of Mitochondrion-Associated Metabolism during Starvation [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2017 Sven B Gould +2 more
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