Unwinding snail chirality – evodevo postdoc at Nottingham
Angus Davison’s lab is looking for a post doc to work on snail chirality A deep-seated theoretical problem has stoked a burning interest in understanding the symmetry-breaking event during development – how is one side of an organism consistently distinguished from the other, given that the side that is called ‘right’ is essentially arbitrary? Although most prior research has concentrated on models such as the mouse, chick and frog, the coiling or chiral variation of the pond snail Lymnaea may be crucial in coming to understand asymmetry. This is especially so, since it has very recently been discovered that a key asymmetry gene has a conserved function in both molluscs and vertebrates, implying a common origin (Grande & Patel 2008 Nature Advance Online doi:10.1038/nature07603).
nformal enquiries may be addressed to Dr A Davison, tel: 0115 823 0322,
Email: Angus.Davison@Nottingham.ac.uk or Dr A Aboobaker, Email:
Aziz.Aboobaker@Nottingham.ac.uk. Additional information on Dr Davison’s
research is available at:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biology/contacts/davison/research.php.
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