Compass magnetoreception in birds arising from photo-induced radical pairs in rotationally disordered cryptochromes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 77, 2012, Pages 3329-3337

  Lau, Jason C S ^a   Rodgers, Christopher T ^a   Hore, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Cryptochrome; Magnetic compass; Migratory birds; Photoselection; Radical pair mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; CELLS; COMPASSES (MAGNETIC); GEOMAGNETISM;

CRYPTOCHROMES; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MIGRATORY BIRDS; PHOTOSELECTION; RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM;

CYTOLOGY;

CRYPTOCHROME;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPASS MAGNETORECEPTION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RADICAL PAIR; RETINA CELL; ROTATION; SENSATION;

EID: 84868548781     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0374     Document Type: Article

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