Talk:Symmetry in biology

message: Hi everyone, 
I am currently updating and attempting to improve this page as part of a science communication project at Imperial College London. For more information on this please see my course convener's page. 
Updates so far:
I have tried to address problems discussed on the talk page, especially those in the 'to do' section. 
If you have any questions, critiques or suggestions please feel free to let me know! 
Charl Hutchings (talk) 10:28, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational assignment - significant updates to the page 

message: This article has been around a long time but remains in need of work.
# Check text; if WP:OR then delete, else add citations.
# Expand and explain the topic a bit better... with citations.
# Illustrate as needed, create diagrams.
# Relate Locomotion to Symmetry (bilateral bodies with a front end for eyes, etc).
 
--- Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:43, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've got a Beklemishev reference for #4, as well as a few other papers.  I'll try to dig them up soon; please bug me on my talk page if I forget. HCA (talk) 16:59, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: To do

message: I had to read this several times, follow the reference and read that several times before it made any sense to me.  The wording is very similar to the wording found in the reference, and is too terse (in my opinion) to convey the information.  Maybe instead of trying to explain the whole concept all at once, we could zoom in on one of the asymmetrical properties being (unsuccessfully) selected for, then add the fact that other lateral asymmetries were impossible to achieve via selection pressure.  For example: 
Bilateral Symmetry is difficult to break.  Laboratory experiments that tried to select for laterally asymmetrical properties in fruit flies (drosophila) e.g. making the left eye larger than the right, failed. This Was true of _any_ laterally asymmetrical property including uneven wing size, wing folds, etc. However, it was always possible to select for cephalo-caudal and anterior-posterior asymmetries.  SCooley138 (talk) 23:09, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  That sounds to me like a poor, near-copyvio piece of editing, in that case. Why don't you rewrite the section along the lines you suggest? Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:39, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bilateral Symmetry Not Easily Broken 

message: Some viruses have A5 rotational symmetry, plus mirror symmetry, like a football. I'll try to find a picture, and add something, when I get around to it. Maproom (talk) 16:18, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  viruses 

message: I was interested in reading more about right hand dominance in humans and I followed the link to the citation and it didn't bring to me a scientific journal. Seems to me that citation is improper
7:01 AM 19-9-2018
:Citation 21 is to a scientific paper which supports the sentence which it follows. But that sentence is about a fish species, not humans. Maproom (talk) 19:06, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've removed #21 (broken) and added refs for each of the human claims. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:43, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation 21 about right-handed humans not working 

message: svey 122.161.52.123 (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  suck