Open AccessA Cornucopia of Candidates for Deafness
Author(s) -
Morag A. Lewis,
Karen P. Steel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2012.08.007
Subject(s) - biology , focus (optics) , drosophila (subgenus) , gene , genetics , variety (cybernetics) , computational biology , evolutionary biology , physics , optics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Many genes involved in deafness are yet to be discovered. Here, Senthilan et al. focus on the Drosophila Johnston's organ to uncover a wide variety of genes, including several unexpected candidates as well as those already known to underlie deafness in mice and humans.
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