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The similarity of the responses and structures of the tympanal organ and an organ in the leg of insects suggests that the former responds to acceleration that induces transient oscillations of the sensory cells.
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HOWSE, P. Mechanism of the Insect Ear. Nature 213, 367–369 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213367a0
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