The organization of tip links and stereocilia on hair cells of bird and lizard basilar papillae

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-37082
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.3708

Pickles, J. O. ; Brix, J. ; Comis, S. D. ; Gleich, Otto ; Köppl, C. ; Manley, G. A. ; Osborne, M. P.

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Abstract

Auditory papillae from three species of bird (pigeon, starling, and chick), and two species of European lizard (Podarcis murolis and Podarcis sic&) were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Hair bundles from all papillae showed tip links oriented along the direction of gradation in heights of the stereocilia (i.e. parallel to the hair-cell axis of bilateral symmetry, and so parallel to ...