... heterotrophic organism. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 6 8 2010 © 2011. 2011 Elysia chlorotica horizontal gene transfer mollusc photosynthesis plastid sea slug symbiosis Vaucheria litorea It has long been known that photosynthesis takes place...

... to be capable of upregulation in response to evaporative water loss. Remarkably, further database and phylogenetic analysis highlighted four ESTs that are present in the A. ricciae genome but which represent genes probably arising from fungi or bacteria by horizontal gene transfer. Therefore, not only can...

... 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 Hydra viridis Chlorella sp. symbiosis horizontal gene transfer oogenesis ascorbate peroxidase There is increasing evidence that symbiotic associations played a major role in the generation of diversity and organismic...