The quantum needle of the avian magnetic compass

Migratory birds have a light-dependent magnetic compass, the mechanism of which is thought to involve radical pairs formed photochemically in cryptochrome proteins in the retina. Theoretical descriptions of this compass have thus far been unable to account for the high precision with which birds are...

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Những tác giả chính: Hiscock, H, Worster, S, Kattnig, DR, Steers, C, Jin, Y, Manolopoulos, D, Mouritsen, H, Hore, P
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: National Academy of Sciences 2016