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Figure 4

From: Are accessory hearing structures linked to inner ear morphology? Insights from 3D orientation patterns of ciliary bundles in three cichlid species

Figure 4

Interspecific comparison of the orientation patterns of ciliary bundles on the macula utriculi. The orientation pattern in the cotillus and striola regions of the macula utriculi is similar in all three species while ciliary bundles on the lacinia of E. maculatus (C) show a more opposing orientation than those on the lacinia of S. tinanti (A) and H. guttatus (B). Note that the arrows point into the direction of the kinocilia indicating the orientation of the ciliary bundles in the respective area while the dashed lines separate different orientation groups. Scale bars, 50 μm.

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