The slugs can manufacture chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants that captures energy from sunlight, and hold these genes within their body.

蛞蝓可以制造叶绿素——让植物从太阳光获取能量的绿色色素——并把这些基因保留在他们体内。

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It sounds paradoxical, because the idea behind this hypothesis is that the red pigment is made in autumn leaves to protect chlorophyll, the light-absorbing chemical, from too much light.

这听起来很矛盾，因为这一假设背后的理念是，树叶在秋天产生的红色素是用于保护叶绿素这种吸收光的化学物质，以免它吸收过多的光。

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Chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment that gives leaves their characteristic green color, is widely known for its ability to absorb certain wavelengths of light.

叶绿素(令树叶呈现独特绿色的光合色素)，因其可吸收特定波长的光而广为人知。

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The dye acts like chlorophyll, the pigment that makes plants green and that is responsible for absorbing sunlight and liberating electrons.

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Researchers have spoken in the past of trying to detect a marker for chlorophyll, the pigment in plants that plays a critical role in photosynthesis.

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This causes chlorophyll (a green pigment) to return to the orange skins imbuing them with a greenish or yellowish finish as they ripen.

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