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SUBMITTER: Liedvogel M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2844001 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liedvogel Miriam M Mouritsen Henrik H
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20091111
Cryptochromes have been suggested to be the primary magnetoreceptor molecules underlying light-dependent magnetic compass detection in migratory birds. Here we review and evaluate (i) what is known about these candidate magnetoreceptor molecules, (ii) what characteristics cryptochrome molecules must fulfil to possibly underlie light-dependent, radical pair based magnetoreception, (iii) what evidence supports the involvement of cryptochromes in magnetoreception, and (iv) what needs to be addresse ...[more]