Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia chlorotica already has a reputation for kidnapping the photosynthesizing organelles and some genes from algae. Now it turns out that the slug has acquired enough stolen goods to make an entire plant chemical-making pathway work inside an animal body.. I’m not sure why, but this news has been the source of untold instant-messaging-expressed joy among certain of my friends this week
Jan 14, 2010, updated Mar 31, 2025