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A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

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In this article, you’ll learn how eukaryotic cells operate, providing a solid foundation for understanding how life functions ...

The researchers reason that strengthening metacaspase 9 may prevent biotrophic diseases. Conversely, jamming its function means the enzyme won't assist necrotrophs in killing healthy cells.

A team of Chinese scientists has traced the ancestor of animals and plants to a hydrogen-metabolising cell that existed before the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal period that occurred at least 2. ...

Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells Transplanted chloroplasts endured two days inside animal cells—and got to work By Saugat Bolakhe edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier ...

The great evolutionary leap from unicellular organisms to the animal kingdom took place roughly 700 million years ago. A new breakthrough offers a glimpse into the molecular tools that may have ...

Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize, are thought to have originated more than 1 billion years ago, when photosynthetic cyanobacteria lived symbiotically ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

However, unlike plants and algae, animal cells do not contain chloroplasts. That is until now, as researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to functionally combine the two.