Electron spin relaxation in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception
The magnetic compass sense of migratory birds is thought to rely on magnetically sensitive radical pairs formed photochemically in cryptochrome proteins in the retina. An important requirement of this hypothesis is that electron spin relaxation is slow enough for the Earth's magnetic field to h...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2016
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