Research ArticleORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
A new case of kleptoplasty in animals: Marine flatworms steal functional plastids from diatoms
- Niels W. L. Van Steenkiste1,2,*,†,
- India Stephenson1,*,
- María Herranz1,2,
- Filip Husnik2,
- Patrick J. Keeling2 and
- Brian S. Leander1,2,†
- 1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
- 2Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: niels_van_steenkiste{at}hotmail.com (N.W.L.V.S.); bleander{at}mail.ubc.ca (B.S.L.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 17 Jul 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaaw4337
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4337
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaaw4337
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4337
Niels W. L. Van Steenkiste
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
India Stephenson
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
María Herranz
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Filip Husnik
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Patrick J. Keeling
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Brian S. Leander
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
