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Extracellular recordings reveal absence of magneto sensitive units in the avian optic tectum

There is a consensus that birds detect the earth’s magnetic field and use some of its features for orientation and homing purposes. Since the late 1960s, when the first solid behavioral evidence of magnetoreception was obtained, much research has been devoted to describing the ethological aspects of...

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Autores principales: Ramírez, Edgardo, Marín, Gonzalo, Mpodozis, Jorge, Letelier, Juan-Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25281335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-014-0947-6