
#61 Handedness
Minding the Brain
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The Relationship Between Sonic Hedgehog and Handedness
The gene associated with laterality was actually found first in drosophilia or fruit flies. This is a gene called sonic hedgehog? Like the video game character. The presence of these genes seem crucial in guiding embryo development and making the heart develop on the left side of the body. And scientists discovered this because you can trick it.
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