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Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis
How can sacoglossan sea slugs perform photosynthesis – a process usually associated with plants? Kleptoplasty describes a special type of endosymbiosis where a host organism retain photosynthetic organelles from their algal prey…
Continue reading Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis