Insights from Comparative Hearing Research

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Köppl, Christine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Manley, Geoffrey A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Popper, Arthur N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fay, Richard R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 49
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.

The hearing organs of non-mammals, which show quite large and systematic differences to each other and to those of mammals, provide an invaluable basis for comparisons of structure and function. By taking advantage of the vast diversity of possible study organisms provided by the "library"...

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