Orientation of birds in radiofrequency fields in the absence of the Earth’s magnetic field – a possible test for the radical pair mechanism of magnetoreception
The magnetic compass sense of migratory songbirds is thought to derive from magnetically sensitive photochemical reactions in cryptochromes located in photoreceptor cells in the birds’ retinas. More specifically, transient radical pairs formed by light-activation of these proteins have been proposed...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society
2024
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