The mammalian ear relies on a mechanical amplification process to achieve its remarkable sensitivity and frequency selectivity. Amplification depends on one of two types of sensory receptor cell in ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) A little over a decade ago, prestin was found to be a key gene responsible for hearing in mammals. Prestin makes a ...

With the U.S. Open going on, this is the perfect time to look back at the top 10 tennis tantrums of all time. Hopefully Matt Leinart's confidence, as evidenced here, hasn't taken too big of a hit ...

A little over a decade ago, prestin was found to be a key gene responsible for hearing in mammals. A new study has shown that prestin has also independently evolved to play a critical role in the ...