Actin is the main protein used by biological cells to adapt their structure and mechanics to
their needs. Cellular adaptation is made possible by molecular processes that strongly …

Molluscs are extremely diverse invertebrate animals with a rich fossil record, highly
divergent life cycles, and considerable economical and ecological importance. Key …

Left–right hemispheric asymmetry is an important aspect of healthy brain organization for
many functions including language, and it can be altered in cognitive and psychiatric …

Ninety per cent of the human population has been right-handed since the Paleolithic, yet the
brain signature and genetic basis of handedness remain poorly characterized. Here, we …

An item is chiral if it cannot be superimposed on its mirror image. Most biological molecules
are chiral. The homochirality of amino acids ensures that proteins are chiral, which is …

Only a limited number of animal species lend themselves to becoming model organisms in
multiple biological disciplines: one of these is the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis …

The emergence of asymmetry from an initially symmetrical state is a universal transition in
nature. Living organisms show asymmetries at the molecular, cellular, tissular, and …

The establishment of left-right body asymmetry is a key biological process that is tightly
regulated genetically. In the first application of CRISPR/Cas9 to a mollusc, we show …

Actin cytoskeleton force generation, sensing, and adaptation are dictated by the bending
and twisting mechanics of filaments. Here, we use magnetic tweezers and microfluidics to …

Roughly 10% of the human population is left-handed, and this rate is increased in some
brain-related disorders. The neuroanatomical correlates of hand preference have remained …