Publication Date:
2014-05-22
Description:
Article Precise frequency discrimination is a hallmark of auditory function in birds and mammals and relies on specific phenotypic patterning of the sensory hair cells in the inner ear. Here, Thiede et al . compare the transcriptomes of different regions of the embryonic chicken cochlea and find that retinoic acid plays a role in patterning the phenotypes of frequency-tuned hair cells in the cochlea. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4840 Authors: Benjamin R. Thiede, Zoë F. Mann, Weise Chang, Yuan-Chieh Ku, Yena K. Son, Michael Lovett, Matthew W. Kelley, Jeffrey T. Corwin
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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