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| Title |
Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Zoology, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katharina Händeler, Yvonne P Grzymbowski, Patrick J Krug, Heike Wägele |
| Abstract |
Among metazoans, retention of functional diet-derived chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) is known only from the sea slug taxon Sacoglossa (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Intracellular maintenance of plastids in the slug's digestive epithelium has long attracted interest given its implications for understanding the evolution of endosymbiosis. However, photosynthetic ability varies widely among sacoglossans; some species have no plastid retention while others survive for months solely on photosynthesis. We present a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the Sacoglossa and a survey of kleptoplasty from representatives of all major clades. We sought to quantify variation in photosynthetic ability among lineages, identify phylogenetic origins of plastid retention, and assess whether kleptoplasty was a key character in the radiation of the Sacoglossa. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 3 | 15% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Argentina | 1 | 5% |
| Colombia | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 207 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 195 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 17% |
| Researcher | 29 | 14% |
| Professor | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 14% |
| Unknown | 29 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 122 | 59% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 24 | 12% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 7% |
| Unknown | 27 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2024.
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