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. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086084

Figure 5. Effects of the CDH23 peptide on morphology and abundance of hair bundles.

Figure 5

Hair bundles were evaluated in untreated, healthy controls (closed squares), in animals exposed to 0.1 nM CDH23 peptide (open triangles) or to 10 nM CDH23peptide (open circles). (A) Morphology was assayed by the tip/base ratio. The mean tip/base ratio (±SEM, n = 5–8) is plotted. Insets show representative images of an extremely splayed hair bundle (top) and normal hair bundle (bottom). The diameters of tip (t) and base (b) are indicated. Scale bar  = 2 µm. (B) The mean abundance of hair bundles; ±SEM, n = 3) along the tentacle epithelium is plotted. aSignificant difference between data for the 10 nM CDH23 peptide treated specimens and untreated controls and bSignificant difference between data for the 0.1 nM CDH23 peptide treated specimens and untreated controls.