The living world, from radially symmetrical jellyfish to bilaterally symmetrical butterflies, is a study in symmetry. In humans, several organs are bilaterally symmetrical such as kidneys, eyes and ...

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a molecular mechanism known as BMP shuttling, once thought unique to ...

KANSAS CITY, MO-Researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have opened a window on another piece of evolutionary biology. They have found that Hox genes, which are key regulators of ...

How did bilaterally symmetric flowers evolve from radially symmetric ones? To address this important question, geneticists Francisco Perfectti and Juan Pedro M. Camacho, and ecologist José M. Gómez ...

New research not only shows the predictive power of symmetry for athletic achievement but is a marker for overall genetic advantage From elite sprinters to ordinary fruit flies, body symmetry has long ...