Sentences with phrase «in magnetoreception»

Our results constitute evidence for the involvement of a specific mammalian brain structure in magnetoreception.

Double - cone localization and seasonal expression pattern suggest a role in magnetoreception for European robin cryptochrome 4.

Not exact matches

«The radical - pair mechanism of magnetoreception is still just a hypothesis, and arguably the best evidence we have for it so far is the effect of time - dependent radiofrequency magnetic fields on the ability of migratory birds to detect the direction of the Earth's magnetic field,» says senior author Peter Hore, an Oxford biophysical chemist specializing in magnetic influences on chemical reactions.

But as with many things in the colorful history of magnetoreception research, only time will tell if the results hold up.

Expression patterns of cryptochrome genes in avian retina suggest involvement of Cry4 in light - dependent magnetoreception (cryptochrome expression in zebra finches).

Neuroanatomy of Magnetoreception: The Superior Colliculus Involved in Magnetic Orientation in a Mammal

First identified in birds in the 1960s, this sense, called magnetoreception, has since been documented in animals ranging from bees and salamanders to sea turtles.

Expression patterns of cryptochrome genes in avian retina suggest involvement of Cry4 in light - dependent magnetoreception

«Scientists don't know what proteins might be involved in magnetite - based magnetoreception, but now we have some candidate genes to work with,» Fitak said.

The findings may help scientists better understand how that strange sense called magnetoreception manifests in mammals.

Publication: Expression patterns of cryptochrome genes in avian retina suggest involvement of Cry4 in light - dependent magnetoreception

When extrapolated upon other animals and other experiments and observations on animal magnetoreception, this might explain the non-replicability of many findings and high scatter in others.

Since the MF is calm in only about 20 % of the daylight period, our findings might provide an explanation why many magnetoreception experiments were hardly replicable and why directional values of records in diverse observations are frequently compromised by scatter.

A 2013 study published by scientific journal Frontiers in Zoology and conducted by scientists from the Czech University of Life Sciences in the Czech Republic and the University of Duisburg - Essen in Germany showed that magnetoreception might be the reason behind this circling behaviour.