Sunday, January 17, 2010
Green sea slug makes chlorophyll like a plant
The photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica appears like a dark green leaf as a result of retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, Vaucheria litorea, in cells lining its digestive tract.
Image credit: Mary S. Tyler/PNAS.
Zoology News
No comments:
Post a Comment
‹
›
Home
View web version
The photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica appears like a dark green leaf as a result of retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, Vaucheria litorea, in cells lining its digestive tract. 
No comments:
Post a Comment