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SUBMITTER: Schmidt FN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304038 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmidt Felix N FN Delsmann Maximilian M MM Mletzko Kathrin K Yorgan Timur A TA Hahn Michael M Siebert Ursula U Busse Björn B Oheim Ralf R Amling Michael M Rolvien Tim T
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20181201 1893
The auditory ossicles-malleus, incus and stapes-are the smallest bones in mammalian bodies and enable stable sound transmission to the inner ear. Sperm whales are one of the deepest diving aquatic mammals that produce and perceive sounds with extreme loudness greater than 180 dB and frequencies higher than 30 kHz. Therefore, it is of major interest to decipher the microstructural basis for these unparalleled hearing abilities. Using a suite of high-resolution imaging techniques, we reveal that a ...[more]