THE OCCURRENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ENDOSYMBIOTIC CHLOROPLASTS IN THE DIGESTIVE GLANDS OF HERBIVOROUS OPISTHOBRANCHS1
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Phycology
- Vol. 3 (4) , 234-235
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.1967.tb04663.x
Abstract
Intact algal chloroplasts were found in the digestive glands of 5 species of Opisthobranchia belonging to the order Saccoglossa. Preliminary studies on 3 of these confirm their endosymbiotic nature. The occurrence of these endosymbiotic organelles may be widespread among related species of Saccoglossa. Their independent functional existence supports the view that chloroplasts possess a system of nonchromosomal inheritance.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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