An evolutionary perspective on middle ears

Hearing Research

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Manley, Geoffrey A ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniote audition; Columella; Evolution; Hearing; Middle ear; Ossicles; Sound localization; Stapes; Tympanic middle ear; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COCHLEA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEARING; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MAMMAL; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE SENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PALATE; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, MIDDLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PRESSURE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77952585976     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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