The evolution of hearing and balance

Elife. 2019 Feb 8:8:e44567. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44567.

Abstract

New genetic tools have allowed researchers to compare how the brainstem auditory and vestibular nuclei develop in embryonic chicks and mice.

Keywords: auditory; chicken; development; developmental biology; evolution; fate mapping; hindbrain; mouse; neuroscience; vestibular.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Brain Stem / physiology
  • Chick Embryo
  • Cochlear Nucleus / physiology
  • Ear / physiology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Hearing / genetics
  • Hearing / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Postural Balance / genetics
  • Postural Balance / physiology*
  • Rhombencephalon
  • Vestibular Nuclei / physiology
  • Vestibule, Labyrinth / physiology