“…Nevertheless, inactivation of these genes causes defects only in the cochlear compartment and moreover, no problems in the mesenchymal clearance was reported (Phippard et al, 1999;Trowe et al, 2008). We also verified the state of perilymphatic space maturation in three lines of knock-out embryos, where either Neogenin (Neo1), Unc5b, or Unc5c genes, known to be expressed in periotic mesenchyme during ear morphogenesis, have been inactivated (Ackerman et al, 1997;Lu et al, 2004;Matilainen et al, 2007). No clearance defect could be observed in these embryos at E16.5-E18.5 (data not shown).…”