A new type of radical-pair-based model for magnetoreception

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 961-968

  Stoneham, A Marshall ^a   Gauger, Erik M ^b,c   Porfyrakis, Kyriakos ^b   Benjamin, Simon C ^b,c   Lovett, Brendon W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 84858052911     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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