Can disordered radical pair systems provide a basis for a magnetic compass in animals?

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Hill, Erin ^a   Ritz, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic sensors; Radical pair mechanism; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORDERED ARRAY; RADICAL PAIR; RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM; SIGNAL ATTENUATION;

COMPASSES (MAGNETIC);

CRYPTOCHROME; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; RADICAL PAIR SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE RADICALS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953236056     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0378.focus     Document Type: Article

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