The mechanisms by which bilateral asymmetry is established in the nervous system are poorly understood. A recent report in Nature describes a novel microRNA that mediates left–right asymmetry in a pair of C. elegans chemosensory neurons.
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Sengupta, P. Taking sides in the nervous system with miRNA. Nat Neurosci 7, 100–102 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0204-100
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