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Review
. 1998 Jun 4;8(12):R425-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70269-6.

Mechanosensation: swimming round in circles

J Ashmore  1
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Review

Mechanosensation: swimming round in circles

J Ashmore. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Studies of inherited deafness disorders in mice and humans are providing new insights into the basis of hair-cell mechanosensitivity; this enterprise has been joined by large-scale genetic screening in the zebrafish, where a number of intriguing mutants defective in mechanosensation have recently been described.

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