Many different alleles are present in a population, but each person has only two alleles of any given SSR locus.

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The membranous labyrinth more or less duplicates the shape of the bony channels and is filled with a K+-rich fluid called endolymph

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Cochlea has three chambers: 

scala vestibuli

scala media

scala tympani

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The upper scala vestibuli and the lower scala tympani contain perilymph and communicate with each other at the apex of the cochlea through a small opening called the helicotrema

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The scala media, is continuous with the membranous labyrinth and does not communicate with the other two scalae

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The basilar membrane is relatively permeable to perilymph in the scala tympani, and tunnel of the organ of Corti and the bases of the hair cells are bathed in perilymph

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Auditory hair cells in the Organ of Corti are the sites of auditory transduction