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. 2019 Feb 8:8:e44567.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.44567.

The evolution of hearing and balance

Forrest P Weghorst  1 , Karina S Cramer  2
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The evolution of hearing and balance

Forrest P Weghorst et al. Elife. .

Abstract

New genetic tools have allowed researchers to compare how the brainstem auditory and vestibular nuclei develop in embryonic chicks and mice.

Keywords: auditory; chicken; development; developmental biology; evolution; fate mapping; hindbrain; mouse; neuroscience; vestibular.

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FW, KC No competing interests declared

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