Spontaneous magnetic orientation in larval Drosophila shares properties with learned magnetic compass responses in adult flies and mice

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1307-1316

  Painter, Michael S ^a   Dommer, David H ^b   Altizer, William W ^a   Muheim, Rachel ^c   Phillips, John B ^a  

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

^b Mount Olive College   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alignment; Light dependent; Magnetite; Magnetoreception; Orientation; Quadramodal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORIENTATION; SENSATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MUS;

EID: 84876117088     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.077404     Document Type: Article

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