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Functional and Evolutionary Implications of Peripheral Diversity in Lateral Line Systems

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The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

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Any treatise on the evolution of hearing inevitably raises the possibility that the vertebrate auditory system has evolved from the mechanosensory lateral line system known to exist in the earliest vertebrates. The arguments for (van Bergeijk 1967; Jørgensen 1989) and against (Wever 1976; Northcutt 1981) this “octavolateralis” hypothesis, first proposed by Ayers (1892), have depended primarily on anatomical and developmental comparisons between the two systems. It is questionable whether this issue can or ever will be resolved, but the frequency with which it has been addressed in the past and is currently being addressed in this volume (Popper, Piatt, and Edds, Chapter 4; Fritzsch, Chapter 18) testifies to the fascination it holds for anyone interested in the evolution of ears and hearing.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Douglas B. Webster

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  3. Parmly Hearing Institute and Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Coombs, S., Janssen, J., Montgomery, J. (1992). Functional and Evolutionary Implications of Peripheral Diversity in Lateral Line Systems. In: Webster, D.B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7_19

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