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Keywords: magnetic compass orientation
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J Exp Biol (2006) 209 (23): 4747–4750.
Published: 1 December 2006
...Regina E. Wegner; Sabine Begall; Hynek Burda SUMMARY The mechanism of signal transduction during magnetic compass orientation is rarely evident in vertebrates and is as yet unknown in mammals. This transmission has been associated with magnetite-based receptors innervated by the ophthalmic nerve...
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J Exp Biol (1994) 188 (1): 275–291.
Published: 1 March 1994
... experiments, newts tested under full-spectrum and short-wavelength (i.e. 400 and 450 nm) light exhibited shoreward magnetic compass orientation. Under long-wavelength (i.e. 550 and 600 nm) light, newts exhibited magnetic compass orientation that was rotated 90 ° counterclockwise to the shoreward direction...