Photosynthetic animals produce oxygen, providing an ideal lens for studying how oxygen
dynamics influence thermal sensitivity. The algivorous sea slug Elysia viridis can steal and …

Some sacoglossan sea slugs steal functional macroalgal chloroplasts (kleptoplasts). In this
study, we investigated the effects of algal prey species and abundance on the growth and …

Photosynthesizers face a trade-off regarding light: they need enough to maintain high
photosynthetic rates, yet excess leads to oxidative stress. Despite this, light and its …

Sacoglossan sea slugs are able to maintain functional chloroplasts inside their own cells,
and mechanisms that allow preservation of the chloroplasts are unknown. We found that the …

Source‐sink relationships influence photosynthesis. So far, the limiting factors for
photosynthesis of wheat cultivars with different source‐sink relationships have not been …

Absorption of excessive light by photosymbiotic organisms leads to the production of
reactive oxygen species that can damage both symbiont and host. This is highly relevant in …

One of the main mysteries regarding photosynthetic sea slugs is how the slug plastids
handle photoinhibition, the constant light-induced damage to Photosystem II of …

The kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia chlorotica consumes Vaucheria litorea, stealing its plastids,
which then photosynthesize inside the animal cells for months. We investigated the …

Although tetraploid wheat has rich genetic variability for cultivar improvement, its
physiological mechanisms associated with photosynthetic productivity and resilience under …

Abstract Sacoglossans, or “sap-sucking” sea slugs, are primarily algivorous, with many taxa
exhibiting kleptoplasty, the feeding and retaining of photosynthetically active chloroplasts …