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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Thiede BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311773 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20140520
Precise frequency discrimination is a hallmark of auditory function in birds and mammals and is required for distinguishing similar sounding words, like 'bat,' 'cat' and 'hat.' In the cochlea, tuning and spectral separation result from longitudinal differences in basilar membrane stiffness and numerous individual gradations in sensory hair cell phenotypes, but it is unknown what patterns the phenotypes. Here we used RNA-seq to compare transcriptomes from proximal, middle and distal regions of th ...[more]