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Divide and conquer acoustic diversity
Author(s) -
GómezCasati Maria E,
Goutman Juan D
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.2020107531
Subject(s) - biology , encode , divide and conquer algorithms , sensory system , key (lock) , diversity (politics) , evolutionary biology , computational biology , neuroscience , genetics , computer science , ecology , gene , algorithm , sociology , anthropology
Humans can recognize differences in sound intensity of up to 6 orders of magnitude. However, it is not clear how this is achieved and what enables our auditory systems to encode such a gradient. Özçete & Moser (2021) report in this issue that the key to this lies in the synaptic heterogeneity within individual sensory cells in the inner ear.