Abstract
Topics discussed include asymmetry of the brain; prosopagnosia with asymmetric involvement; the blaspheming brain; effects of the numbers of X chromosomes on brain asymmetry; normal facial asymmetry; kissing asymmetry; left- and right-handedness; left-sided baby cradling; Nodal signaling and left/right asymmetry; primary cilium and left/right asymmetry in zebrafish; right/left asymmetry in snails; species differences in Shh and Fgf8; primary cilium in vertebrate asymmetry; Hedgehog signaling on the cilium; Wnt signaling on the cilium; situs solitus, situs inversus, and situs ambiguus (heterotaxy); ciliopathies; right-sided injuries in trilobites; unilateral ocular use in the octopus; fiddler crabs; scale-eating cichlids; narwhals; left-footed parrots; asymmetric whisker use in rats; and right-sided fatigue fractures in greyhounds.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2981-2998 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A |
| Volume | 158 A |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2012 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Lecture