Crazy seaslug of doom

elizibar · 01-12-10, 04:27 PM

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...l_like_a_plant

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Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia chlorotica already has a reputation for kidnapping the photosynthesizing organelles and some genes from algae. Now it turns out that the slug has acquired enough stolen goods to make an entire plant chemical-making pathway work inside an animal body, says Sidney K. Pierce of the University of South Florida in Tampa.

I for one welcome our Sea Slug overlords!

Dkaid · 01-12-10, 07:30 PM

Man... the potential benefits from mastering this process would change the planet.

Pez · 01-22-10, 07:55 PM

This is pretty intense.

FrogDog · 01-29-10, 03:29 AM

it was only a matter of time...

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