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Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis

Several sacoglossan sea slug species feed on macroalgae and incorporate chloroplasts into tubular cells of their digestive diverticula. We investigated the role of the “stolen” chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) in the nutrition of the sea slug Elysia viridis and assessed how their abundance, distribution...

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Autores principales: Cartaxana, Paulo, Trampe, Erik, Kühl, Michael, Cruz, Sónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08002-0

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