Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata

Elysia crispata is a sacoglossan sea slug that retains intracellular, functional chloroplasts stolen from their macroalgal food sources. Elysia crispata juveniles start feeding on the algae following metamorphosis, engulfing chloroplasts and turning green. In laboratory-reared animals, we report one...

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Autores principales: Cartaxana, Paulo, Lopes, Diana, Martinez, Begoña, Martins, Patrícia, Cruz, Sónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911605
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14050313

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911605
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14050313

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