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Chemical compass behaviour at microtesla magnetic fields strengthens the radical pair hypothesis of avian magnetoreception

The fact that many animals, including migratory birds, use the Earth’s magnetic field for orientation and compass-navigation is fascinating and puzzling in equal measure. The physical origin of these phenomena has not yet been fully understood, but arguably the most likely hypothesis is based on the...

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Autores principales: Kerpal, Christian, Richert, Sabine, Storey, Jonathan G., Pillai, Smitha, Liddell, Paul A., Gust, Devens, Mackenzie, Stuart R., Hore, P. J., Timmel, Christiane R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6697675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31420558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11655-2