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The resolution of stimuli into their constituent frequency components is accomplished, not only by the mechanical and hydrodynamic properties of the ear, but also by tuning mechanisms intrinsic to individual hair cells. In the basilar papilla of the alligator lizard, for example, frequency selectivity is based upon mechanical resonance of individual hair bundles (Frishkopf and DeRosier, 1983; Holton and Hudspeth, 1983). In this instance, such mechanical properties of the bundles as their lengths, masses, drags and stiffnesses determine the characteristic frequencies of the hair cells.
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Roberts, W.M., Robles, L., Hudspeth, A.J. (1986). Correlation Between the Kinetic Properties of Ionic Channels and the Frequency of Membrane-Potential Resonance in Hair Cells of the Bullfrog. In: Moore, B.C.J., Patterson, R.D. (eds) Auditory Frequency Selectivity. Nato ASI Series, vol 119. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2247-4_10
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