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Magnetoreception: activated cryptochrome 1a concurs with magnetic orientation in birds
The radical pair model proposes that the avian magnetic compass is based on radical pair processes in the eye, with cryptochrome, a flavoprotein, suggested as receptor molecule. Cryptochrome 1a (Cry1a) is localized at the discs of the outer segments of the UV/violet cones of European robins and chic...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0638 |