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Handedness of a Motor Program in C. elegans Is Independent of Left-Right Body Asymmetry

Complex animals display bilaterally asymmetric motor behavior, or “motor handedness,” often revealed by preferential use of limbs on one side. For example, use of right limbs is dominant in a strong majority of humans. While the mechanisms that establish bilateral asymmetry in motor function are unk...

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Autores principales: Downes, Joanna C., Birsoy, Bilge, Chipman, Kyle C., Rothman, Joel H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052138