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Kleptoplasty or
kleptoplastidy is a
process in
symbiotic relationships whereby plastids,
notably chloroplasts from algae, are
sequestered by the host....
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Despite being animals, they
indirectly perform photosynthesis, via
kleptoplasty.
Discovered in 1993 off the
coast of the ****anese
island Kuroshima, Costasiella...
- The
capture and
sequestering of
photosynthetic cells and chloroplasts,
kleptoplasty,
occurs in many
types of
modern eukaryotic organisms. The cytoskeleton...
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chloroplasts from the
algae they eat, a very
unusual phenomenon known as
kleptoplasty, for the "stolen" plastids. This
earns them the
title of the "solar-powered...
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capable of
kleptoplasty,
which is the
process of
taking chloroplasts from
digested algae and
using them for photosynthesis.
Kleptoplasty is performed...
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retains the
chloroplasts of its prey for its own use, a
process known as
kleptoplasty ('stealing of plastids').
After phagocytosis of the
algal prey, its cell...
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developed the
capacity to
sequester ingested plastids—a
process known as
kleptoplasty. A. F. W.
Schimper was the
first to name, describe, and
provide a clear...
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little chloroplast retention. Upon
reaching maturity,
kleptoplasty becomes an
important energy source. The
primary food
source of E. crispata...
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providing the chloroplasts. And
there are
those that
acquire them
through kleptoplasty, or
through symbiotic ****ociations with prey, or
through 'enslavement'...
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before hatching.
Sacoglossa are the only
metazoans on
earth to
exhibit kleptoplasty. The only
other organisms known to have this
ability are
single celled...
