Cuticulosome
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cuticulosome-198-6646115
title:
Cuticulosome
text:
The cuticulosome is a spherical, iron-rich structure located in the cuticular plate of auditory and vestibular hair cells in birds. Cuticulosomes are 300-600 nm in diameter and are composed of ferritin-like granules that in some cases are structured in paracrystalline arrays. Due to its specific location in sensory hair cells of the inner ear and its iron-rich composition it was proposed to be involved in the magnetic sense of birds. However, physical simulations and calculations showed that it
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Anatomical structure in birds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuticulosome
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date modified:
2023-11-12T03:13:47Z
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