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Tetrapod
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Second generation biofuel
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Turner's Syndrome
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Borborygmus
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Tempel 1 comet
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MD5
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Lipoprotein
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Kodiak bear
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Nitrogen vehicle
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Hind-claw
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Mars Sample Return
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Digiscoping
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Protogynous
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Confidentiality
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Dry ice
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M35
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Defensin
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Minamata Bay Disaster
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Extinction
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Complex sugar
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Chandrayaan-1
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Solar corona
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LOX
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Exoprosthesis
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Phloem
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Artificial CO2 sequestering
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Sputum analysis
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Adjuvant
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Nutation
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Kleptoplasty
Kleptoplasty occurs when an organism that is a predator of another photosynthetic organism does not digest its chloroplasts but recovers them for its own use.
The stolen plastids are called kleptoplasts, literally " stolen plastid "
This phenomenon has surely played an important role in the acquisition of photosynthesis by numerous taxons over the course of evolution.
The sea slug Elysia chlorotica looks like a dark green leaf. This comes from the fact that it recycles the chloroplasts of its prey (Vaucheria litorea) in its digestive tube. © Mary S. Tyler / PNAS
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