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The radical-pair mechanism of magnetoreception
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Although it has been known for almost half a century that migratory birds can detect the direction of the Earth's magnetic field, the primary sensory mechanism behind this remarkable feat is still unclear. The leading hypothesis centres on radical pairs — magnetically sensitive chemical intermediates formed by photoexcitation of cryptochrome proteins in the retina. Our primary aim here is to explain the chemical and physical aspects of the radical pair mechanism to biologists and the biologic...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Not peer reviewed
- Version:
- Author's Original
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- 10.1146/annurev-biophys-032116-094545
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- Publisher:
- Annual Reviewes Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Annual Review of Biophysics Journal website
- Volume:
- 45
- Pages:
- 299-344
- Publication date:
- 2016-05-05
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1936-122X and 1936-1238
- Pubs id:
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pubs:619126
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uri:c1e3c8ca-98b3-4e9d-8efd-0b9ad9b965eb
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c1e3c8ca-98b3-4e9d-8efd-0b9ad9b965eb
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- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Author's Original Manuscript. Posted with permission from the Annual Review of Biophysics, Volume 45 © 2016 by Annual Reviews, http://www.annualreviews.org
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