Sci/Tech Jeremy the Snail, with a rare genetic condition, is lonely and looking for love

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Jeremy is looking for love. But Jeremy has a problem.

Jeremy is a common garden snail who lives in the lab of University of Nottingham's life sciences department. And you'd think, hey, no biggie — just scour the compost heaps and gardens of Nottinghamshire and you're bound to find him a suitable mate.

Unfortunately, he has a rare genetic deal-breaker that means his potential lover is one in a hundred thousand.

But that's not deterring Jeremy's match-maker. Angus Davison is an associate professor of evolutionary genetics. He spoke to As It Happenshost Carol Off from Nottingham, England. This is an edited version of their conversation.

Read more here. (CBA)
 
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