Ion channels controlled by sound underlie the sense of hearing. Having long eluded researchers, the first such mammalian channel has now been identified in the mouse inner ear.
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Ashmore, J. Channel at the hair's end. Nature 432, 685–686 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432685a
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