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- noun anatomy Any of many
nonmotile cellular structures resembling longmicrovilli ; those of theinner ear are responsible forauditory transduction
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But the researchers also found that the tips of the stereocilia were much thinner than normal stereocilia and lacked a tethering protein that connects one stereocilium to the next.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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But the researchers also found that the tips of the stereocilia were much thinner than normal stereocilia and lacked a tethering protein that connects one stereocilium to the next.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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[21] and another is the stereocilium-based hair bundle movement.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009
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