Switching off photosynthesis: The dark side of sacoglossan slugs

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Christa, Gregor ^a,b   De Vries, Jan ^b   Jahns, Peter ^b   Gould, Sven B ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon fixation; Elysia; Kleptoplasty; Photoautotrophy; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic slugs; Sacoglossa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901349831     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.28029     Document Type: Article

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