title: Snail Chirality: The Unwinding.
abstract: Most snails are coiled clockwise, but in some species rare genetic variants with reverse coiling occur. Now, a molecular determinant of coiling direction has been identified, the cytoskeletal regulator formin.
authors.affiliation: Florian Maderspacher is Current Biology's Senior Editor. Electronic address: florian.maderspacher@current-biology.com.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maderspacher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014644:Genetic Variation; D012908:Snails / Q000235:genetics*