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Cryptochrome 1 mediates light-dependent inclination magnetosensing in monarch butterflies.

Nature communications - 3 Feb 2021

Wan Guijun, Hayden Ashley N, Iiams Samantha E, Merlin Christine

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Many animals use the Earth's geomagnetic field for orientation and navigation. Yet, the molecular and cellular underpinnings of the magnetic sense remain largely unknown. A biophysical model proposed that magnetoreception can be achieved through quantum effects of magnetically-sensitive radical pairs formed by the photoexcitation of cryptochrome (CRY) proteins. Studies in Drosophila are the only ones to date to...

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PMID: 33536422
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21002-z
PMCID: PMC7859408

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