Chloroplast digestion and the development of functional kleptoplasty in juvenile Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) as compared to short-term and non-chloroplast-retaining sacoglossan slugs.

Sacoglossan sea slugs are OUTERWEARVESTS the only metazoans known to perform functional kleptoplasty, the sequestration and retention of functional chloroplasts within their digestive gland cells.Remarkably, a few species with this ability can survive starvation periods of 3-12 months likely due to their stolen chloroplasts.There are no reports of

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Primitive Myxoid Mesenchymal Tumor of Infancy: A Lost Battle

Baby Blankets Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy (PMMTI) is a low to intermediate-grade, poorly differentiated myofibroblastic tumor and is characterized by its tendency to recur locally.It commonly occurs in the 1st year of life and is predominantly Trifle Bowl seen in the axial skeleton and rarely in the retroperitoneum.We report one s

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