Intracapsular algae provide fixed carbon to developing embryos of the salamander Ambystoma maculatum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 452-459

  Graham, Erin R ^a   Fay, Scott A ^a,c   Davey, Adam ^b   Sanders, Robert W ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Ambystoma maculatum; Ccarbon translocation; Oophila amblystomatis; Salamander; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYTA; FEMALE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; CHLOROPHYTA; OOPHILA AMBLYSTOMATIS; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872534499     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076711     Document Type: Article

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