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Chapter 44, Problem 5TY
In which process(es) are hair cells involved?
- a. balance in vertebrates and invertebrates
- b. hearing in mammals
- c. vision in animals with compound eyes
- d. heat sensing in pit vipers
- e. both a and b
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