Magnetoreception is a sense which allows an organism to detect the Earth's magnetic field. Animals with this sense include some arthropods, molluscs, and...
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Quantum biology (section Magnetoreception)
bioenergetics, muscle contraction, and electron transport in biomolecules. Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to navigate using the inclination of the...
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European robin (section Magnetoreception)
of the robin has been extensively researched and uses vision-based magnetoreception, in which the robin's ability to sense the magnetic field of the Earth...
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Cryptochrome (section Magnetoreception)
cycle and delayed metabolic output when compared to the wild type. Magnetoreception is a sense which allows an organism to detect a magnetic field to perceive...
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Magnetobiology (section Magnetoreception)
organisms. The sensing of magnetic fields by organisms is known as magnetoreception. Biological effects of weak low frequency magnetic fields, less than...
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it is hypothesized to be key in the underlying mechanism for avian magnetoreception and consciousness. The radical-pair mechanism explains how a magnetic...
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Ampullae of Lorenzini (section Magnetoreception)
geomagnetic information. As magnetic and electrical fields are related, magnetoreception via electromagnetic induction in the ampullae of Lorenzini is possible...
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homing ability, meaning that it will generally return to its nest using magnetoreception. Flights as long as 1,800 km (1,100 miles) have been recorded by birds...
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Ballast minerals Magnetofossil Magnetosome Magnetotactic bacteria Magnetoreception Microfossils engrailed gene Druse Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising...
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changing magnetic field, while migratory birds are thought to use magnetoreception in navigation. Most of the molecules in the human body interact weakly...
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are known to incorporate magnetite crystals in the upper beak for magnetoreception, which (in conjunction with cryptochromes in the retina) gives them...
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through the swim bladder. Some fish, including salmon, are capable of magnetoreception; when the axis of a magnetic field is changed around a circular tank...
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Bat (section Magnetoreception)
daylight vision, including some colour vision. Microbats make use of magnetoreception, in that they have a high sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic field...
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5–20 Hz, and large groups of plankton generate this type of signal. Magnetoreception is the ability to detect the direction one is facing based on the Earth's...
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their birth. It is thought that, when they are in the ocean, they use magnetoreception to locate the general position of their natal river, and once close...
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meat. Dogs' senses include vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and magnetoreception. One study suggests that dogs can feel small variations in Earth's...
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Magnetotactic bacteria (category Magnetoreception)
term taxis involves a stimulus-response mechanism. In contrast to the magnetoreception of animals, the bacteria contain fixed magnets that force the bacteria...
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map and magnetic compass sense, using a form of navigation termed Magnetoreception. Specific migratory routes have been shown to vary between individuals...
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Animal navigation (section Magnetoreception)
past the eyes. Information from other senses such as echolocation and magnetoreception may also be integrated in certain animals. The hippocampus is the part...
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2020 study of the central bearded dragon found that light-dependent magnetoreception occurs when light with a wavelength under 580 nanometers enters the...
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between thousands of volatile compounds. Some insects are capable of magnetoreception; ants and bees navigate using it both locally (near their nests) and...
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enough that a simple compass can remain useful for navigation. Using magnetoreception, various other organisms, ranging from some types of bacteria to pigeons...
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Christine Merlin (section Magnetoreception)
Merlin was credited as assisting in a research article focused on the magnetoreception of monarch butterflies. While the molecular and cellular mechanisms...
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the species. Eastern newts home using magnetic orientation. Their magnetoreception system seems to be a hybrid of polarity-based inclination and a sun-dependent...
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of other abilities including the ability to detect magnetic fields (magnetoreception), use visual landmarks as well as olfactory cues. Long-distance migrants...
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Ballast minerals Magnetofossil Magnetosome Magnetotactic bacteria Magnetoreception Microfossils engrailed gene Druse Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising...
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addition, some animals have senses that humans lack. Magnetoception (or magnetoreception) is the ability to detect the direction one is facing based on the...
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Ballast minerals Magnetofossil Magnetosome Magnetotactic bacteria Magnetoreception Microfossils engrailed gene Druse Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising...
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Malkemper (born 24 June 1985) is a German neuroscientist. He studies magnetoreception and animal hearing and he is currently a group leader of the Max Planck...
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the preponderance of specific enantiomers in biochemical systems? Magnetoreception: How do animals (e.g. migratory birds) sense the Earth's magnetic field...
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