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A mother’s hidden genes decide which way her snail baby spirals
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- The Hindu: Science, published
- On SHODHX
· Approved by Sameer Gupta
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
Original report by The Hindu: Science, .
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