Symmetry and asymmetry in biological structures

Sebastian Ocklenburg^{1

2

3}, Annakarina Mundorf⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.
² ICAN Institute for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.
³ Biopsychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany.
⁴ Institute for Systems Medicine and Department of Human Medicine, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.

Sebastian Ocklenburg et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 12;119(28):e2204881119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204881119. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Sebastian Ocklenburg^{1

2

3}, Annakarina Mundorf⁴

¹ Department of Psychology, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.
² ICAN Institute for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.
³ Biopsychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany.
⁴ Institute for Systems Medicine and Department of Human Medicine, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg 20457, Germany.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Reply to Ocklenburg and Mundorf: The interplay of developmental bias and natural selection.
Johnston IG, Dingle K, Greenbury SF, Camargo CQ, Doye JPK, Ahnert SE, Louis AA. Johnston IG, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 12;119(28):e2205299119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205299119. Epub 2022 Jul 5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35787035 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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