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Figure 5. A putative X. tropicalis ear mutant uncovered by gynogenesis. A normal tadpole, stage 42, is on the left (A) and a homozygous mutant tadpole on the right (B). Note the enlarged otic vesicles (compare white outlines) and lack of otoconia (white calcifications within the inner ear, marked by black arrows) in the mutant.

Image published in: Hirsch N et al. (2002)

Copyright © 2002. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, John Wiley & Sons.

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