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Avian Ultraviolet/Violet Cones Identified as Probable Magnetoreceptors
BACKGROUND: The Radical-Pair-Model postulates that the reception of magnetic compass directions in birds is based on spin-chemical reactions in specialized photopigments in the eye, with cryptochromes discussed as candidate molecules. But so far, the exact subcellular characterization of these molec...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21647441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020091 |