A Functional Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathway Identified in the Kleptoplastic Sea Slug, <em>Elysia chlorotica</em>
The sacoglossan sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, feeds upon and sequesters plastids from the heterokont alga, Vaucheria litorea, and maintains the metabolically active organelles for up to nine months under starvation conditions while utilizing the photosynthate to survive and reproduce. The photosynthe...
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Scholar Commons
2015
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5576 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6772&context=etd |