Evolution and development of the tetrapod auditory system: An organ of Corti-centric perspective

Evolution and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-79

  Fritzsch, Bernd ^a   Pan, Ning ^a   Jahan, Israt ^a   Duncan, Jeremy S ^a   Kopecky, Benjamin J ^a   Elliott, Karen L ^a   Kersigo, Jennifer ^a   Yang, Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AUDITORY CUE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TETRAPOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EAR; EVOLUTION; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COCHLEA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING; MICE; ORGAN OF CORTI; PHYLOGENY; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERTEBRATES;

MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872671463     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12015     Document Type: Article

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