Cryptochromes in Mammals and Birds: Clock or Magnetic Compass?

Species throughout the animal kingdom use the Earth’s magnetic field (MF) to navigate using either or both of two mechanisms. The first relies on magnetite crystals in tissue where their magnetic moments align with the MF to transduce a signal transmitted to the central nervous system. The second an...

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Published inPhysiology (Bethesda, Md.) Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 183 - 194
Main Authors Kavet, Robert, Brain, Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Physiological Society 01.05.2021
Subjects
Animals
Birds
Cryptochromes
Light
Magnetic Fields
Mammals
Review
magnetoreception
geomagnetic field
magnetic compass
circadian clock
cryptochrome
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ISSN1548-9213
1548-9221
1548-9221
DOI10.1152/physiol.00040.2020

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