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The Johnston's hearing organ of the fruitfly has newly discovered sensitivities to gravity and wind. As in our inner ear, different sensory signals from this organ travel in parallel to separate zones in the brain.

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Figure 1: Johnston's organ.

J. SCOTT & R. BHATNAGAR, DEPT BIOL. SCI., UNIV. ALBERTA

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  1. Department of Otology and Laryngology, Ruth Anne Eatock is at the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. eatock@meei.harvard.edu,

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Eatock, R. Up, down, flying around. Nature 458, 156–157 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458156a

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