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Vertebrate Hair Cells

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  2. Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

  3. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

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Eatock, R.A., Lysakowski, A. (2006). Mammalian Vestibular Hair Cells. In: Eatock, R.A., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Vertebrate Hair Cells. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 27. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31706-6_8

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