A mother’s hidden genes decide which way her snail baby spirals
In 2023, after poring through photos posted online by hikers, a researcher found a location in north Japan where there were both left- and right-handed snails of a single species. Their shells also looked similar, suggesting the snails had interbred. This new population provided important clues about how the myosin gene worked
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