A model for photoreceptor-based magnetoreception in birds

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 707-718

  Ritz, Thorsten ^a   Adem, Salih ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0034038064     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76629-X     Document Type: Article

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