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Photoprotective Non-photochemical Quenching Does Not Prevent Kleptoplasts From Net Photoinactivation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 The enigmatic association of photosynthetically active chloroplasts from algae and some sacoglossan sea slugs, called functional kleptoplasty, is a functional unique system of photosymbioses observed in metazoans.
Gregor Christa +11 more
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Transcriptomic Evidence for the Expression of Horizontally Transferred Algal Nuclear Genes in the Photosynthetic Sea Slug, Elysia chlorotica [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2011 Analysis of the transcriptome of the kleptoplastic sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, has revealed the presence of at least 101 chloroplast-encoded gene sequences and 111 transcripts matching 52 nuclear-encoded genes from the chloroplast donor, Vaucheria litorea.
Sidney K, Pierce +8 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 The impact of temperature on photo-symbiotic relationships has been highly studied in the tropical reef-forming corals but overlooked in less charismatic groups such as solar-powered sacoglossan sea slugs. These organisms display one of the most puzzling
Gisela Dionísio +10 more
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The Biological Bulletin, 1972 1. The products of photosynthetic 14CO2 fixation by symbiotic chloroplasts in the marine sacoglossan opisthobranch gastropods Tridachia crispata (Morch) and Tridachiella diomedea (Bergh) were compared with those of the siphonous green alga Caulerpa sertularioides.2.
Trench, Robert Kent +2 more
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Marine Biology, 2023 AbstractThree populations of the solar-powered sea slugElysia crispataon reefs from the southern Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean were analyzed. The aim was to describe and compare the changes in abundance and size of this species in different localities, as a function of depth and time-of-day.
Xochitl G. Vital +3 more
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Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life
Frontiers in Zoology, 2009 Background Among metazoans, retention of functional diet-derived chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) is known only from the sea slug taxon Sacoglossa (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Intracellular maintenance of plastids in the slug's digestive epithelium has long
Krug Patrick J +3 more
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Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 The sea slug Elysia chlorotica acquires plastids by ingestion of its algal food source Vaucheria litorea . Organelles are sequestered in the mollusc's digestive epithelium, where they photosynthesize for months in the absence of algal nucleocytoplasm ...
Mary E, Rumpho +7 more
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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.
Elise Marie Jerschabek Laetz +1 more
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Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.Transient electron spin resonance distinguishes interfacial charge‐transfer states from separated charges, revealing competing charge separation pathways in organic photovoltaic blends. The relative contributions of fast charge separation and a pathway mediated by spin‐polarized charge‐transfer states vary across different blends, with high‐efficiency ...
Jack M. S. Palmer, Claudia E. Tait
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Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.We used iNaturalist records, a longitudinal field survey, and a simulated herbivory experiment to explore how insect herbivory factors are associated with Cornus canadensis fruit production. Naturally observed internal and external insect herbivory was mostly low intensity and did not have a strong relationship with fruit production.
Maria Duynisveld +3 more
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