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John Burns

joined in May 22, 2018

Research Scientist at American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, New York, United States.

Burns has 1 break published.

Algae Living in Salamanders, Friend or foe?

Roughly speaking, our bodies use energy from the sun, but we can't use sunlight directly. Instead, plants and algae collect sunlight and store it as chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis. We can access that fuel directly when we eat plants, or indirectly when... click to read more

John Burns | Research Scientist at American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, New York, United States

Ryan R. Kerney | Professor at Gettysburg College, Department of Biology, Gettysburg, United States

symbiosis

algae

salamanders

RNA

Reading time 4 min

published on May 22, 2018