Pelletreau talks with The Atlantic about sea slug kleptoplasty
Karen Pelletreau, director of faculty educational development at the University of Maine and former postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, spoke with The Atlantic about the ability of the sea slug Elysia chlorotica to sustain chloroplasts from the algae they consume to produce energy through photosynthesis. MSN shared the Atlantic story.