Cryptochrome 1 mediates light-dependent inclination magnetosensing in monarch butterflies
Exactly how some animals use magnetic fields to navigate is a longstanding puzzle. A study using a new behavioural assay and transgenic butterflies finds the cryptochrome gene necessary for inclination-based magnetic sensing, and shows that both antennae and eyes, which express this gene, are magnet...
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Main Authors: | Guijun Wan, Ashley N. Hayden, Samantha E. Iiams, Christine Merlin |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/121039d6c47e47a395a8520d764e5ae6 |
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