Inner-ear morphology of the New Zealand Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) suggests high-frequency specialization

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Corfield, Jeremy R ^a,b,d   Kubke, M Fabiana ^a   Parsons, Stuart ^b   Köppl, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Basilar papilla; Hair cell; Paleognathae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APTERYX MANTELLI; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING; NERVE FIBERS; NEW ZEALAND; PALAEOGNATHAE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STEREOCILIA;

EID: 84870438043     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0341-4     Document Type: Article

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