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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a bizarre case of a photosynthesis frog
Note: this is an older unreleased video that I dug out from the archives. My voice is gone this week so enjoy this older gem while I recover.
Links:
cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)01126-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004221011263%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6
science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaw4337
int-res.com/articles/suppl/m611p167_supp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa
#biology #science #photosynthesis
0:00 Can animals use photosynthesis?
0:40 Chloroplasts and photosynthesis
2:30 Animals and chlorophyll - sacoglossa example
4:25 Kleptoplasty - how is this done?
5:55 Potential explanations
7:20 Medical use of chloroplasts - photosynthetic frogs
10:00 Useful or not?
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Özugur et al./iScience, cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)01126-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004221011263%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Des_Callaghan CC BY-SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Bryum_capillare_leaf_cells.jpg
Frank Fox - CC BY-SA 3.0 mikro-foto.de en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Mikrofoto.de-volvox-8.jpg
Kelvinsong CC BY-SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Chloroplast_secondary_endosymbiosis.svg
millerse CC BY 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa#/media/File:Elysia_clarki,_Florida.jpg
SiliconProphet CC BY-SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa#/media/File:Oxynoe_viridis_cropped.jpg
Karen N. Pelletreau et al. - journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477 CC BY 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica#/media/File:Elysia-chlorotica-body.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica#/media/File:Elysia-chlorotica-detail.jpg
alif_abdulrahman - Costasiella Kuroshimae CC BY-SA 2.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty#/media/File:Costasiella_Kuroshimae_(19080120525)_(2).jpg
Licenses used:
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads)
Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: paypal.me/whatdamath
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a bizarre case of a photosynthesis frog
Note: this is an older unreleased video that I dug out from the archives. My voice is gone this week so enjoy this older gem while I recover.
Links:
cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)01126-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004221011263%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6
science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaw4337
int-res.com/articles/suppl/m611p167_supp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa
#biology #science #photosynthesis
0:00 Can animals use photosynthesis?
0:40 Chloroplasts and photosynthesis
2:30 Animals and chlorophyll - sacoglossa example
4:25 Kleptoplasty - how is this done?
5:55 Potential explanations
7:20 Medical use of chloroplasts - photosynthetic frogs
10:00 Useful or not?
Enjoy and please subscribe
Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow!
bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4
or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF
The hardware used to record these videos:
New Camera: amzn.to/4pCVINS
CPU: amzn.to/4qXIaxC
Video Card: amzn.to/2M1W26C
Motherboard: amzn.to/2JYGiQQ
RAM: amzn.to/2Mwy2t4
PSU: amzn.to/2LZcrIH
Case: amzn.to/2MwJZz4
Microphone: amzn.to/2t5jTv0
Mixer: amzn.to/2JOL0oF
Recording and Editing: amzn.to/2LX6uvU
Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid.
Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel
Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships
Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
Images/Videos:
Özugur et al./iScience, cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)01126-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004221011263%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Des_Callaghan CC BY-SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Bryum_capillare_leaf_cells.jpg
Frank Fox - CC BY-SA 3.0 mikro-foto.de en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Mikrofoto.de-volvox-8.jpg
Kelvinsong CC BY-SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#/media/File:Chloroplast_secondary_endosymbiosis.svg
millerse CC BY 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa#/media/File:Elysia_clarki,_Florida.jpg
SiliconProphet CC BY-SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacoglossa#/media/File:Oxynoe_viridis_cropped.jpg
Karen N. Pelletreau et al. - journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477 CC BY 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica#/media/File:Elysia-chlorotica-body.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica#/media/File:Elysia-chlorotica-detail.jpg
alif_abdulrahman - Costasiella Kuroshimae CC BY-SA 2.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty#/media/File:Costasiella_Kuroshimae_(19080120525)_(2).jpg
Licenses used:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
and relevant Creative Commons licenses
