Peripheral anatomy of the dolphin ear and associated nervous structures: Insights from macroscopic dissection, DICE-µCT, histology, and confocal microscopy

• Steffen De Vreese ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: steffen.de.vreese@upc.edu

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-5850

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• Jean-Marie Graïc,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA), University of Padova (UniPd), Legnaro, Padua, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1974-8356

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• Sandro Mazzariol,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA), University of Padova (UniPd), Legnaro, Padua, Italy

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• Stefan Huggenberger,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Clinical Morphology, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany

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• Marco Fogli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Federico Luzzati,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Cristiano Corona,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SS. Neurobiologia sperimentale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Turin, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2895-0828

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• Alessandra Favole,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SS. Neurobiologia sperimentale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Turin, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-4327

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• Marc Cerdà-Domènech,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grup de recerca en Geociències Marines (Gmar), Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5053-755X

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• Jaime Frigola,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grup de recerca en Geociències Marines (Gmar), Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0827

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• Michel André

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

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