Ascorbic acid may not be involved in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception

Seventeen years after it was originally suggested, the photoreceptor protein cryptochrome remains the most probable host for the radical pair intermediates that are thought to be the sensors in the avian magnetic compass. Although evidence in favour of this hypothesis is accumulating, the intracellu...

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Main Authors: Nielsen, C, Kattnig, DR, Sjulstok, E, Hore, PJ, Solov'yov, IA
Format: Journal article
Published: Royal Society 2017