The role of extraocular photoreceptors in newt magnetic compass orientation: Parallels between light-dependent magnetoreception and polarized light detection in vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2543-2552

  Phillips, John B ^a   Deutschlander, Mark E ^a   Freake, Michael J ^a   Borland, S Chris ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compass orientation; Extraocular photoreceptors; Magnetic field; Newt; Notophthalmus viridescens; Pineal; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; NEWT; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PISCES; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035745761     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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