Magnetoreception

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Winklhofer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural biology; Biogenic magnetite; Biological physics; Magnetic navigation; Neurosciences; Radical pairs

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; MAGNETITE;

BIOMAGNETISM; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAGNETOSOME; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953253959     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0010.focus     Document Type: Editorial

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