Fruit Fly Sensory hearing cells (IMAGE)

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Fruit Fly Sensory hearing cells

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In the fly, the sensory hearing cells are neurons located in a segment of their antennae known as the Johnston's Organ, or JO.

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Image by Ismael Fernández-Hernández/Bonaguidi Lab

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