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Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle
Behavioural tests of the magnetic compass of birds and corresponding immunohistological studies on the activation of retinal cryptochrome 1a, the putative receptor molecule, showed oriented behaviour and activated Cry1a under 373 nm UV, 424 nm blue, 502 nm turquoise and 565 nm green light, although...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25472973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.110981 |
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author | Wiltschko, Roswitha Gehring, Dennis Denzau, Susanne Nießner, Christine Wiltschko, Wolfgang |
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description | Behavioural tests of the magnetic compass of birds and corresponding immunohistological studies on the activation of retinal cryptochrome 1a, the putative receptor molecule, showed oriented behaviour and activated Cry1a under 373 nm UV, 424 nm blue, 502 nm turquoise and 565 nm green light, although the last wavelength does not allow the first step of photoreduction of cryptochrome to the semiquinone form. The tested birds had been kept under ‘white’ light before, hence we suggested that there was a supply of semiquinone present at the beginning of the exposure to green light that could be further reduced and then re-oxidized. To test the hypothesis in behavioural experiments, we tested robins, Erithacus rubecula, under various wavelengths (1) after 1 h pre-exposure to total darkness and (2) after 1 h pre-exposure to the same light as used in the test. The birds were oriented under blue and turquoise light, where the full cryptochrome cycle can run, but not under green light. This finding is in agreement with the hypothesis. Orientation under green light appears to be a transient phenomenon until the supply of semiquinone is depleted. |
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spelling | pubmed-42543972014-12-16 Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle Wiltschko, Roswitha Gehring, Dennis Denzau, Susanne Nießner, Christine Wiltschko, Wolfgang J Exp Biol Research Articles Behavioural tests of the magnetic compass of birds and corresponding immunohistological studies on the activation of retinal cryptochrome 1a, the putative receptor molecule, showed oriented behaviour and activated Cry1a under 373 nm UV, 424 nm blue, 502 nm turquoise and 565 nm green light, although the last wavelength does not allow the first step of photoreduction of cryptochrome to the semiquinone form. The tested birds had been kept under ‘white’ light before, hence we suggested that there was a supply of semiquinone present at the beginning of the exposure to green light that could be further reduced and then re-oxidized. To test the hypothesis in behavioural experiments, we tested robins, Erithacus rubecula, under various wavelengths (1) after 1 h pre-exposure to total darkness and (2) after 1 h pre-exposure to the same light as used in the test. The birds were oriented under blue and turquoise light, where the full cryptochrome cycle can run, but not under green light. This finding is in agreement with the hypothesis. Orientation under green light appears to be a transient phenomenon until the supply of semiquinone is depleted. Company of Biologists 2014-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4254397/ /pubmed/25472973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.110981 Text en © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Wiltschko, Roswitha Gehring, Dennis Denzau, Susanne Nießner, Christine Wiltschko, Wolfgang Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title | Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title_full | Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title_fullStr | Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title_short | Magnetoreception in birds: II. Behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
title_sort | magnetoreception in birds: ii. behavioural experiments concerning the cryptochrome cycle |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25472973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.110981 |
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