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    • Sweet, Elly Mae (2011-10-21)
      The inner ear is a complex sensory organ of interconnected chambers, each with a sensory epithelium comprised of hair cells and support cells for detection of sound and motion. This dissertation focuses on the development ...
    • Phillips, Bryan T. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
      Vertebrates have evolved a unique way to sense their environment: placodallyderived sense organs. These sensory structures emerge from a crescent-shaped domain, the preplacodal domain, which surrounds the anterior neural ...