Abstract Analysis of the transcriptome of the kleptoplastic sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, has
revealed the presence of at least 101 chloroplast-encoded gene sequences and 111 …

The horizontal transfer of functional nuclear genes, coding for both chloroplast proteins and
chlorophyll synthesis, from the food alga Vaucheria litorea to the sea slug Elysia chlorotica …

Early in its life cycle, the marine mollusc Elysia chlorotica Gould forms an intracellular
endosymbiotic association with chloroplasts of the chromophytic alga Vaucheria litorea C …

The sea slug Elysia chlorotica acquires plastids by ingestion of its algal food source
Vaucheria litorea. Organelles are sequestered in the mollusc's digestive epithelium, where …

The first molecular evidence of horizontal gene transfer between multicellular eukaryotes
was our discovery of the presence of three Vaucheria litorea nuclear-encoded genes …

The sea slug, Elysia cclorotica, is a deep green color due to) p_e presence of intracellular,
symbiotic chloroplasts captured from algae during feeding. Several chloroplast proteins …

A marine sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, has acquired the ability to carry out photosynthesis as a
result of forming an intracellular symbiotic association with chloroplasts of the chromophytic …

The horizontal transfer of functional genes between organisms is the theoretical foundation
of the endosymbiotic origin of cellular organelles, as well as the basis of genetic therapies …

The marine slug Elysia chlorotica (Gould) forms an intracellular symbiosis with
photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the chromophytic alga Vaucheria litorea (C …

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 …