the ability of some protists to co-opt parts of the cells they prey upon. Armed with these still-functioning pieces of their prey, the protists can expand into new habitats and survive where they couldn’t before
https://www.quantamagazine.org/holly-moeller-finds-keys-to-ecology-in-cells-that-steal-20221219/
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@johnverdon Interesting and fascinating. Protozoan Euglena can both photosynthesize and become a heterotroph (scavenge for food for energy) when conditions are not good for photosynthesis. The ability to take in organelles from prey is another step above this.