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Otoconial morphology of the developing chick
Article first published online: 8 FEB 2005
DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092040111
Copyright © 1982 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Ballarino, J. and Howland, H. C. (1982), Otoconial morphology of the developing chick. Anat. Rec., 204: 83–87. doi: 10.1002/ar.1092040111
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 FEB 2005
- Article first published online: 8 FEB 2005
- Manuscript Accepted: 17 JUN 1982
- Manuscript Received: 4 DEC 1981
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Abstract
We examined with scanning electron microscopy the otolithic organs of chick embryos aged 6 to 21 days. Otoconial forms not previously reported in adult birds or mammals were found. On the basis of the size and prevalence of various types of otoconia at different embryonic stages we organized the otoconial forms into a possible growth sequence starting with an early “double-fluted” or skeletal form and terminating with the normal mature form found in adults.