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Stereocilia versus kinocilia Part II: The vestibular sensors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Tumarkin*
Affiliation:
Bala, Gwynedd
*
Ty-Hwnt-I'r-Afon, Rhos-y-Gwaliau, Gwynedd LL23 7ES.

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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