Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae

F Leliaert, DR Smith, H Moreau… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The green lineage (Viridiplantae) comprises the green algae and their descendants the land
plants, and is one of the major groups of oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes. Current …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic insights into plastid evolution

SJ Sibbald, JM Archibald - Genome biology and evolution, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The origin of plastids (chloroplasts) by endosymbiosis stands as one of the most important
events in the history of eukaryotic life. The genetic, biochemical, and cell biological …

[图书][B] Architecture follows nature-biomimetic principles for innovative design

I Mazzoleni - 2013 - books.google.com
This full-color volume proposes an innovative methodology that uses the functional aspects
of nature to inspire improvements in building design and form, encouraging designers to …

The making of a photosynthetic animal

ME Rumpho, KN Pelletreau… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Symbiotic animals containing green photobionts challenge the common perception that only
plants are capable of capturing the sun's rays and converting them into biological energy …

Animal FAS–like polyketide synthases produce diverse polypropionates

F Li, Z Lin, PJ Krug, JL Catrow… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Animal cytoplasmic fatty acid synthase (FAS) represents a unique family of enzymes that are
classically thought to be most closely related to fungal polyketide synthase (PKS). Recently …

Flashback and foreshadowing—a review of the taxon Opisthobranchia

H Wägele, A Klussmann-Kolb, E Verbeek… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2014 - Springer
Opisthobranchia have experienced an unsettled taxonomic history. At the moment their
taxonomy is in state of dramatic flux as recent phylogenetic studies have revealed traditional …

Transcriptomic Evidence That Longevity of Acquired Plastids in the Photosynthetic Slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus Does Not Entail Lateral Transfer …

H Wägele, O Deusch, K Händeler… - Molecular biology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Sacoglossan sea slugs are unique in the animal kingdom in that they sequester and
maintain active plastids that they acquire from the siphonaceous algae upon which they …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and morphological systematics of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa) from the Caribbean region

PJ Krug, JE Vendetti, Á Valdés - Zootaxa, 2016 - mapress.com
The Caribbean is a biodiversity hotspot for photosynthetic sea slugs, with about 27
described species in the genus Elysia Risso, 1818. However, many species are poorly …

Polymorphic adaptations in metazoans to establish and maintain photosymbioses

J Melo Clavijo, A Donath, J Serôdio… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mutualistic symbioses are common throughout the animal kingdom. Rather unusual is a
form of symbiosis, photosymbiosis, where animals are symbiotic with photoautotrophic …

Genome Analysis of Elysia chlorotica Egg DNA Provides No Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer into the Germ Line of This Kleptoplastic Mollusc

D Bhattacharya, KN Pelletreau, DC Price… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The sea slug Elysia chlorotica offers a unique opportunity to study the evolution of a novel
function (photosynthesis) in a complex multicellular host. Elysia chlorotica harvests plastids …