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Evolution of whole-body enantiomorphy in the tree snail genus Amphidromus.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2007
Sutcharit C, Asami T, Panha S
Abstract excerpt
Diverse animals exhibit left-right asymmetry in development. However, no example of dimorphism for the left-right polarity of development (whole-body enantiomorphy) is known to persist within natural populations. In snails, whole-body enantiomorphs have repeatedly evolved as separate species. Within populations, however, snails are not expected to exhibit enantiomorphy, because of selection against the less...
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