Comments on: Solar salamanders have algae in their cells http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Zachary http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/#comment-11313 Zachary Mon, 23 May 2011 02:03:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4237#comment-11313 We are doing animal adaptations and I came up with a fruit eating desert lizard that also can use photosynthesis it's whole life. I am in fifth grade. I googled and found this salamander. What is the chance that my desert lizard will adapt to survive like a cactus? Zachary We are doing animal adaptations and I came up with a fruit eating desert lizard that also can use photosynthesis it’s whole life. I am in fifth grade. I googled and found this salamander. What is the chance that my desert lizard will adapt to survive like a cactus?

Zachary

]]> By: thatdude http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/#comment-11312 thatdude Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:08:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4237#comment-11312 Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, and Kerney's. But this was a great article. Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, Kerney, and Kerney’s.
But this was a great article.

]]> By: Brian Schmidt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/#comment-11311 Brian Schmidt Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:11:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4237#comment-11311 So do the algae/spores ever leave the embryo, or is it a "Hotel California" situation? That would determine whether the relationship is truly mutualistic. The possibility of females passing algae to eggs is interesting. If true, the algae could be part of the salamander germ line in a similar sense as the mitochondria. So do the algae/spores ever leave the embryo, or is it a “Hotel California” situation? That would determine whether the relationship is truly mutualistic.

The possibility of females passing algae to eggs is interesting. If true, the algae could be part of the salamander germ line in a similar sense as the mitochondria.

]]> By: JRMorber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/#comment-11310 JRMorber Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:36:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4237#comment-11310 Great write-up of a cool story. I enjoyed reading that paper. Nice to see that discoveries can still be made through little more than paying close attention to things around us. Great write-up of a cool story. I enjoyed reading that paper. Nice to see that discoveries can still be made through little more than paying close attention to things around us.

]]> By: Walter S. Andriuzzi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/solar-salamanders-have-algae-in-their-cells/#comment-11309 Walter S. Andriuzzi Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:58:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4237#comment-11309 What a story! Apart from the mystery on the biological mechanisms that allow this mutualism, I'm also curious about this final sentence in the abstract: "potential congruence between host and symbiont population structures". Alas I cannot access the full paper for at least a week, can somebody tell me more about this point? What a story!
Apart from the mystery on the biological mechanisms that allow this mutualism, I’m also curious about this final sentence in the abstract: “potential congruence between host and symbiont population structures”. Alas I cannot access the full paper for at least a week, can somebody tell me more about this point?

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