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Stereocilia On Top of Auditory Hair Cells

Caption: Top: Scanning electron microscopy shows the stair-step pattern of stereocilia. Bottom: Fluorescence microscopy image shows the presence of CDH 23 (green) at the point where each short stereocilium (red) meets the side of its taller neighbor.

Credit: B. Kachar, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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