Performance of the avian inner ear.
In spite of morphological similarities, the avian inner ear has apparently developed mechanisms of sound transduction that differ from the mammalian solution. This paper is a compilation of the present knowledge.
Klinke
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Zentrum der Physiologie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Smolders
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