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Pumice
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DNA
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Melon
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ATP
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DAC
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Breast
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CD-WORM
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Volcano
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VPN
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Reunion marsh harrier
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VOC
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Ovulation
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Skipjack
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Tidal
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Very high energy performance
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Galactan
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Second order parametric interactions
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Electromyogram
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Asian black bear
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Phoresy
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Second law of thermodynamics
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Humerus
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Probiotic
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Stalagmitic floor
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Supergiant star
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Plum
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Protogynous
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Basal shoot
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Spermaceti
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Intrauterine device
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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