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How Asymmetries Evolved: Hearts, Brains, and Molecules

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SYMMETRY-BASEL
卷 13, 期 6, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.3390/sym13060914

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bilateria; cerebral asymmetry; handedness; language; molecular asymmetry; situs

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Humans belong to the bilateria clade with bilateral symmetry, but exceptions to symmetry have arisen in internal organ arrangement and brain asymmetries. Asymmetries in brain networks are associated with language, emotion, and conditions such as dyslexia and autism, but may ultimately stem from molecular level asymmetries in internal organs.
Humans belong to the vast clade of species known as the bilateria, with a bilaterally symmetrical body plan. Over the course of evolution, exceptions to symmetry have arisen. Among chordates, the internal organs have been arranged asymmetrically in order to create more efficient functioning and packaging. The brain has also assumed asymmetries, although these generally trade off against the pressure toward symmetry, itself a reflection of the symmetry of limbs and sense organs. In humans, at least, brain asymmetries occur in independent networks, including those involved in language and manual manipulation biased to the left hemisphere, and emotion and face perception biased to the right. Similar asymmetries occur in other species, notably the great apes. A number of asymmetries are correlated with conditions such as dyslexia, autism, and schizophrenia, and have largely independent genetic associations. The origin of asymmetry itself, though, appears to be unitary, and in the case of the internal organs, at least, may depend ultimately on asymmetry at the molecular level.

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