Broadband 75–85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor
The light-dependent magnetic compass sense of night-migratory songbirds can be disrupted by weak radiofrequency fields. This finding supports a quantum mechanical, radical-pair-based mechanism of magnetoreception as observed for isolated cryptochrome 4, a protein found in birds’ retinas. The exact i...
Main Authors: | Leberecht, B, Kobylkov, D, Karwinkel, T, Doge, S, Burnus, L, Wong, SY, Apte, S, Haase, K, Musielak, I, Chetverikova, R, Dautaj, G, Bassetto, M, Winklhofer, M, Hore, P, Mouritsen, H |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2022
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