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A checkerboard pattern of inner ear cells enables us to hear

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A research group has revealed that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear’s organ of Corti is vital for hearing. The discovery gives a new insight into how hearing works from the perspective of cell self-organization and will also enable various hearing loss disorders to be better understood.

Source: ScienceDaily.com