Response to Manley: An evolutionary perspective on middle ears

Hearing Research

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-

  Heffner, Henry E ^a   Heffner, Rickye S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; LETTER; MIDDLE EAR; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649822315     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.08.012     Document Type: Letter

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