Ultrastructure of the organ of Corti in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

Ultrastructural descriptions of the inner ear of highly sound-dependent mammalian species are lacking and needed to gain a better understanding of the hearing sense. Here, we present the first morphometric descriptions of the sensory cells of the inner ear in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), a mamm...

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Main Authors: Laura Rojas, Martin Haulena, Colleen Reichmuth, Björn Busse, L. Aurora Ramos-Garduño, Oscar Rico-Chávez, Ursula Siebert, Maria Morell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1211556/full