- Work published in Biology Letters showed that lefty shells in garden snails usually originate from an accident during early development, rather than an inherited condition.
- Jeremy’s offspring, grand-offspring and great-grand-offspring didn’t share his and his partner’s ultra-rare shell-coil.
- The finding has relevance to understanding the common factors that define organ and body asymmetry, including in humans.
A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called ‘Jeremy’ has...
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