Inner ear of the coelacanth fish Latimeria has tetrapod affinities
@article{Fritzsch1987InnerEO, title={Inner ear of the coelacanth fish Latimeria has tetrapod affinities}, author={B. Fritzsch}, journal={Nature}, year={1987}, volume={327}, pages={153-154} }
Auditory reception in elasmobranchs, teleosts and amphibians may be mediated by various inner-ear sensory epithelia1–3, including the basilar papilla, which seems to be the precursor of the cochlea in mammals. The origin of the basilar papilla remains a major unsolved problem for understanding the evolution of hearing in terrestrial vertebrates4–6. Study of living species indicates that the basilar papilla is a unique feature of tetrapods6,7, but palaeonto-logical data indicate that this… CONTINUE READING
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