Comments on: Going Green http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Crazy Chlorophyll-Using Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | JetLib News http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-28179 Crazy Chlorophyll-Using Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | JetLib News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:42:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-28179 [...] Biologists already knew that this organism, native to the marshes of New England and Canada, was a thief that somehow pickpocketed genes from the algae it eats. At last week’s meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, researcher Sidney Pierce said he has found that the slugs aren’t just kleptomaniacs—they use the pilfered genes not only to make chlorophyll, but also to execute photosynthesis and live like a plant. Said Pierce: “They can make their energy-containing molecules without having to eat anything,” Pierce said. “This is the first time that multicellular animals have been able to produce chlorophyll” [LiveScience]. [...] [...] Biologists already knew that this organism, native to the marshes of New England and Canada, was a thief that somehow pickpocketed genes from the algae it eats. At last week’s meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, researcher Sidney Pierce said he has found that the slugs aren’t just kleptomaniacs—they use the pilfered genes not only to make chlorophyll, but also to execute photosynthesis and live like a plant. Said Pierce: “They can make their energy-containing molecules without having to eat anything,” Pierce said. “This is the first time that multicellular animals have been able to produce chlorophyll” [LiveScience]. [...]

]]> By: Tu Ultima Voluntad » Blog Archive » Elysia chlorotica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12667 Tu Ultima Voluntad » Blog Archive » Elysia chlorotica Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:27:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12667 [...] Fuente [...] [...] Fuente [...]

]]> By: 第二種海蛞蝓 « Pyridine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12227 第二種海蛞蝓 « Pyridine Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:19:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12227 [...] Karl Zimmer 的這篇文章, [...] [...] Karl Zimmer 的這篇文章, [...]

]]> By: Lesmas verdes e trangênicas | Brontossauros em meu jardim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12144 Lesmas verdes e trangênicas | Brontossauros em meu jardim Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:28:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12144 [...] PNAS, The Loom e um incentivo do Atila. Tags: Add new tag, lesmas, Vida [...] [...] PNAS, The Loom e um incentivo do Atila. Tags: Add new tag, lesmas, Vida [...]

]]> By: Elysia chlorotica - Sounds Sexy, and it is! « Barkings Of An Old Dog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12088 Elysia chlorotica - Sounds Sexy, and it is! « Barkings Of An Old Dog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12088 [...] 2008 Episcopal Carl Zimmer has a couple of posts up about this lovely and sexy sea slug here and here, but the pointer to the original web site for learning about them is here. Kudos to the [...] [...] 2008 Episcopal Carl Zimmer has a couple of posts up about this lovely and sexy sea slug here and here, but the pointer to the original web site for learning about them is here. Kudos to the [...]

]]> By: MegaRed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12086 MegaRed Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:56:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12086 <strong>Elysia chlorotica, el animal-planta</strong> La Elysia chlorotica es un caracol marino que se alimenta de algas, pero a medida que descompone estas su metabolismo preserva las estructuras fotosintéticas, llamadas plástidos, para posteriormente trasladarlas hasta la superficie de su cuerpo, dond... Elysia chlorotica, el animal-planta

La Elysia chlorotica es un caracol marino que se alimenta de algas, pero a medida que descompone estas su metabolismo preserva las estructuras fotosintéticas, llamadas plástidos, para posteriormente trasladarlas hasta la superficie de su cuerpo, dond…

]]> By: Las 40 de buceoactual.com » Blog Archive » Con ustedes el animal planta: Elysia chlorotica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12079 Las 40 de buceoactual.com » Blog Archive » Con ustedes el animal planta: Elysia chlorotica Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:20:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12079 [...] en el blog de Carl Zimmer en Discover [...] [...] en el blog de Carl Zimmer en Discover [...]

]]> By: The Further Adventures of the Emerald Green Sea Slug | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12011 The Further Adventures of the Emerald Green Sea Slug | The Loom | Discover Magazine Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:07:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12011 [...] couple days I introduced an awesome sea slug that eats algae and uses them to become photosynthetic. I thought it would be [...] [...] couple days I introduced an awesome sea slug that eats algae and uses them to become photosynthetic. I thought it would be [...]

]]> By: Con ustedes el animal planta: Elysia chlorotica | Maikelnai's blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-12007 Con ustedes el animal planta: Elysia chlorotica | Maikelnai's blog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:17:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-12007 [...] en el blog de Carl Zimmer en Discover [...] [...] en el blog de Carl Zimmer en Discover [...]

]]> By: » Archivio » Elysia chlorotica, il mollusco che “mangia” l’energia del sole http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-11999 » Archivio » Elysia chlorotica, il mollusco che “mangia” l’energia del sole Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-11999 [...] i plastidi delle piante a proprio vantaggio in un certo stadio della sua evoluzione. Secondo l’ipotesi seguita da Mary Rumpho e dai suoi colleghi dell’università del Maine, i geni responsabili di [...] [...] i plastidi delle piante a proprio vantaggio in un certo stadio della sua evoluzione. Secondo l’ipotesi seguita da Mary Rumpho e dai suoi colleghi dell’università del Maine, i geni responsabili di [...]

]]> By: Geoff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-11978 Geoff Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:45:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-11978 I thought the pro-GE lobby said this kind of thing couldn't happen. I thought the pro-GE lobby said this kind of thing couldn’t happen.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-11965 Kevin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:53:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-11965 Holy freaking crap, how cool is this? Holy freaking crap, how cool is this?

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-11962 Matt Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:53:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-11962 Uh ... wait. Horizontal gene transfer at this scale ... isn't that downright shocking? Am I off base here? If genes between two vastly different kingdoms can be swapped willy-nilly, doesn't that set off a grenade in the house of conventional biological thinking? My head is spinning here. I mean, I've seen your "bush" of life image, but isn't this on a far larger scale? Uh … wait. Horizontal gene transfer at this scale … isn’t that downright shocking? Am I off base here? If genes between two vastly different kingdoms can be swapped willy-nilly, doesn’t that set off a grenade in the house of conventional biological thinking? My head is spinning here. I mean, I’ve seen your “bush” of life image, but isn’t this on a far larger scale?

]]> By: Sven DiMilo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-11905 Sven DiMilo Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:47:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/11/14/going-green/#comment-11905 "<i>Recently, some scientists discovered that the sea slug is even more plantlike than previously thought thought. They wondered if some genes from the algae the slug ate had become incorporated into <b>their</b> own DNA.</i>" Cool story. Syntax alert: "Their" in the quote above seems to refer to "some scientists" (="they"), or possibly "algae"...though from context I know you mean the slugs. “Recently, some scientists discovered that the sea slug is even more plantlike than previously thought thought. They wondered if some genes from the algae the slug ate had become incorporated into their own DNA.”
Cool story.
Syntax alert: “Their” in the quote above seems to refer to “some scientists” (=”they”), or possibly “algae”…though from context I know you mean the slugs.

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