ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021
Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slugRoyal Society open science · 2023Article
- Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slugOpen research Europe · 2023Article
- Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts.PLoS biology · 2022Article
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- Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition.Photosynthesis research · 2022Article
- Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea SlugDiversity · 2022Article
- Chlorophylls: A Personal Snapshot.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea SlugAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Some sea slugs are able to steal functional chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) from their algal food sources, but the role and relevance of photosynthesis to the animal host remain controversial. While some researchers claim that kleptoplasts are slowly digestible 'snacks', others advocate that they enhance the overall fitness of sea slugs much more profoundly. Our analysis shows light-dependent incorporation of
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