Surface morphology of basilar papilla of the tufted duck Aythya fuligula, and domestic chicken Gallus gallus domesticus

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.7585

Manley, Geoffrey A. ; Meyer, Birgid ; Fischer, Franz Peter ; Schwabedissen, Gabriele ; Gleich, Otto

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Abstract

Quantitative details of the surface morphology of the hearing organ, the Papilla basilaris, as seen in the scanning electron microscope are described for the tufted duck Aythya fuligula and for comparison for the domestic chicken Gallus gallus domesticus, for which some published information is already available. As in the other avian species investigated to date, each papilla shows a unique ...