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Nkx5-1 controls semicircular canal formation in the mouse inner ear.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 1998
Hadrys T, Braun T, Rinkwitz-Brandt S, Arnold H H, Bober E
Abstract excerpt
The inner ear develops from the otic vesicle, a one-cell-thick epithelium, which eventually transforms into highly complex structures including the sensory organs for balance (vestibulum) and hearing (cochlea). Several mouse inner ear mutations with hearing and balance defects have been described but for most the underlying genes have not been identified, for example, the genes controlling the development of the...
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