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The quantum needle of the avian magnetic compass

Migratory birds have a light-dependent magnetic compass, the mechanism of which is thought to involve radical pairs formed photochemically in cryptochrome proteins in the retina. Theoretical descriptions of this compass have thus far been unable to account for the high precision with which birds are...

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Udgivet i:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Hiscock, Hamish G., Worster, Susannah, Kattnig, Daniel R., Steers, Charlotte, Jin, Ye, Manolopoulos, David E., Mouritsen, Henrik, Hore, P. J.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: National Academy of Sciences 2016
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855607/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27044102
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1600341113
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