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Magnetoreception is a sense which allows an organism to detect the Earth's magnetic field. Animals with this sense include some arthropods, molluscs, and vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). The sense is mainly used for orientation and navigation, but it may help some animals to form regional maps. Experiments on migratory birds provide evidence that they make use of a cryptochrome protein in the eye, relying on the quantum radical pair mechanism to perceive magnetic fields. This effect is extremely sensitive to weak magnetic fields, and readily disturbed by radio-frequency interference, unlike a conventional iron compass. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
2023 Articles
29 articles
Neuronal activation in the geomagnetic responsive region Cluster N covaries with nocturnal migratory restlessness in white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Madeleine I R Brodbeck, Verner P Bingman, Lauren J Cole, …, Lauren J Cole, David F Sherry, Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton
- Eur J Neurosci, 10.1111/ejn.15995
No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila
- Marco Bassetto, Thomas Reichl, Dmitry Kobylkov, …, Michael Winklhofer, P J Hore, Henrik Mouritsen
- Nature, 10.1038/s41586-023-06397-7
Lost: on what level should we aim to understand animal navigation?
- Joe Wynn, Miriam Liedvogel, Joe Wynn, …, Miriam Liedvogel, Joe Wynn, Miriam Liedvogel
- J Exp Biol, 10.1242/jeb.245441
Quantum-mechanical insights into the anisotropic response of the cryptochrome radical pair to a weak magnetic field
- Victor Bezchastnov, Tatiana Domratcheva, Victor Bezchastnov, …, Tatiana Domratcheva, Victor Bezchastnov, Tatiana Domratcheva
- J Chem Phys, 10.1063/5.0133943
Sense of doubt: inaccurate and alternate locations of virtual magnetic displacements may give a distorted view of animal magnetoreception ability
- Florian Packmor, Oliver Lindecke, Richard A Holland, …, Florian Packmor, Oliver Lindecke, Richard A Holland
- Commun Biol, 10.1038/s42003-023-04530-w
Mutational Study of the Tryptophan Tetrad Important for Electron Transfer in European Robin Cryptochrome 4a
- Anders Frederiksen, Corinna Langebrake, Maja Hanić, …, Henrik Mouritsen, Miriam Liedvogel, Ilia A Solov’yov
- None, 10.1021/acsomega.3c02963
Molecular Biological Effects of Weak Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields: Frequency-Amplitude Efficiency Windows and Possible Mechanisms
- Viacheslav V Krylov, Elena A Osipova, Viacheslav V Krylov, …, Elena A Osipova, Viacheslav V Krylov, Elena A Osipova
- Int J Mol Sci, 10.3390/ijms241310989
Geomagnetic disturbance associated with increased vagrancy in migratory landbirds
- Benjamin A Tonelli, Casey Youngflesh, Morgan W Tingley, …, Benjamin A Tonelli, Casey Youngflesh, Morgan W Tingley
- Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-022-26586-0
Essential elements of radical pair magnetosensitivity in Drosophila
- Adam A Bradlaugh, Giorgio Fedele, Anna L Munro, …, Alex R Jones, Ezio Rosato, Richard A Baines
- Nature, 10.1038/s41586-023-05735-z
2022 Articles
2 articles
Low-level EMF effects on wildlife and plants: What research tells us about an ecosystem approach
- B Blake Levitt, Henry C Lai, Albert M Manville, …, B Blake Levitt, Henry C Lai, Albert M Manville
- Front Public Health, 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000840
Hypothalamic molecular correlates of photoperiod-induced spring migration in intact and castrated male redheaded buntings
- Aakansha Sharma, Vatsala Tripathi, Vinod Kumar, …, Aakansha Sharma, Vatsala Tripathi, Vinod Kumar
- Mol Cell Endocrinol, 10.1016/j.mce.2022.111829