Development of the membranous labyrinth in E9.5 to E14.5 C57BL/6N mouse embryos. Stage specific metric and descriptive reference data and their use for identifying malformations
Barbara Maurer-Gesek, Stefan H. Geyer, Wolfgang J. Weninger · 2026
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Barbara Maurer-Gesek, Stefan Geyer, and Wolfgang Weninger chart the inner ear's growth in mouse embryos in work dated two thousand twenty-six. Spotting birth defects in engineered mice starts with knowing the normal form, and the inner ear's coiled, looping shape is hard to judge by eye.
From embryo scans made in a large development program, the team built two hundred eighteen surface models of the membranous labyrinth. The stages run from day nine and a half to day fourteen and a half. For each stage they give plain descriptions plus hard numbers. The numbers include angles of the balance canals and the cochlea coil against body planes. Volumes of the whole labyrinth and its parts are listed too. The data serve as a yardstick for flagging malformed ears.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Barbara Maurer-Gesek, Stefan H. Geyer, Wolfgang J. Weninger |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |