Left-right asymmetry: More than one way to coil a shell

J. Wandelt; L. M. Nagy

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.010

Left-right asymmetry: More than one way to coil a shell

J. Wandelt, L. M. Nagy

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Abstract

Snail shells can be left-handed or right-handed, sometimes within one species. For over a century, it has commonly been assumed that mirror-image shell coiling in snails is correlated with a mirror- image reversal of early spindle orientation and cleavage. The results of an exciting and elegant new study refute this model, showing that right doesn't have to be the mirror image of left.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R654-R656
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.010
State	Published - Aug 24 2004

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