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Published online 4 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020701-7
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Embryos grow with the flow
Waving hairs beat organs into place during development.
Mice hearts are on the left because the fluid they develop in flows from right to left over their week-old embryos, Japanese researchers have discovered. Why remains mysterious.
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