The role of kleptoplasts in the survival rates of Elysia timida (Risso, 1818): (Sacoglossa: Opisthobranchia) during periods of food... Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica. ...
months) in Elysia chlorotica [18,23]. Short periods of kleptoplast functionality may be due to the fact that kleptoplasts, which often degrade under high light irradiances [24,25], are not replen- ished in starved individuals, and may be the reason why previous studies have failed to det...