Interaction of magnetite-based receptors in the beak with the visual system underlying 'fixed direction' responses in birds
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>European robins, <it>Erithacus rubecula</it>, show two types of directional responses to the magnetic field: (1) compass orientation that is based on radical pair processes and lateralized in favor of the right eye and (2...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
| Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/7/1/24 |