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Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: the crucial step occurs in the dark
The Radical Pair Model proposes that the avian magnetic compass is based on spin-chemical processes: since the ratio between the two spin states singlet and triplet of radical pairs depends on their alignment in the magnetic field, it can provide information on magnetic directions. Cryptochromes, bl...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.1010 |