What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding

Planta

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-572

  Christa, Gregor ^a   Wescott, Lily ^a   Schäberle, Till F ^b   König, Gabriele M ^b   Wägele, Heike ^a  

^a Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; DNA barcoding; Kleptoplasty; Photosynthesis; Rbcl; TufA

Indexed keywords

ACETABULARIA; ALGAE; CAULERPA; CHLOROPHYTA; HALIMEDA; HALIMEDA MACROLOBA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PLAKOBRANCHUS OCELLATUS; SACOGLOSSA; UDOTEA; ULVOPHYCEAE;

CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; DARKNESS; DNA BARCODING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; DARKNESS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; LIGHT; PHILIPPINES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873093851     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1788-6     Document Type: Article

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