If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

Jeremy, the rare snail with the left-curling shell whose search for a mate kicked off an international quest, has slithered off this mortal coil. But there's one last twist to the story. Reader, ...

Knocking out one gene in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis reverses shell coiling. In contrast to the wild-type dextral snail (right), a CRISPR-created snail shows sinistral coiling (left). Disclaimer: AAAS ...

Scientists report that knocking out the Lsdia1 gene using CRISPR in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis reverses the direction of shell coiling. The snail shell typically coils in the right-handed ...