Mirror Image: Flowers with opposite styles have a fling

Flowers’ female sexual organ, known as the style, sometimes leans to the left or right. Researchers have just found evidence of a gene underlying this style predilection, and it’s the first gene known to influence right-left orientation of any plant trait.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT. The left-leaning and right-leaning female organs of the species Solanum rostratum are indicated by the arrows.