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The origins of light-independent magnetoreception in humans [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
The Earth’s abundance of iron has played a crucial role in both generating its geomagnetic field and contributing to the development of early life. In ancient oceans, iron ions, particularly around deep-sea hydrothermal vents, might have catalyzed the ...
Takashi Shibata, Takashi Shibata, Noriaki Hattori, Hisao Nishijo, Satoshi Kuroda, Kaoru Takakusaki   +5 more
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Cryptochrome and quantum biology: unraveling the mysteries of plant magnetoreception

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Magnetoreception, the remarkable ability of organisms to perceive and respond to Earth’s magnetic field, has captivated scientists for decades, particularly within the field of quantum biology.
Marootpong Pooam, Kittisak Buddhachat
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Magnetoreception in a freshwater ciliate arises from endosymbiosis [PDF]

Nature Communications
Magnetoreception is a remarkable ability found across a diverse range of organisms, including bacteria, birds, fish, insects, and mammals, enabling them to detect and harness the Earth’s geomagnetic field.
Romain Bolzoni, Caroline L. Monteil, Béatrice Alonso, Marine Bergot, Daniel M. Chevrier, Christian Godon, Nicolas Menguy, Stephanie Fouteau, Violette Da Cunha, Fériel Skouri-Panet, Eva Pereiro, Arnaud Duverger, David Vallenet, Corinne Cruaud, Fernanda Abreu, Karim Benzerara, Christopher T. Lefevre   +16 more
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Proposed three-phenylalanine motif involved in magnetoreception signalling of an Actinopterygii protein expressed in mammalian cells

Open Biology, 2023
Studies at the cellular and molecular level of magnetoreception—sensing and responding to magnetic fields—are a relatively new research area. It appears that different mechanisms of magnetoreception in animals evolved from different origins, and ...
Brianna Ricker, Sunayana Mitra, E. Alejandro Castellanos, Connor J. Grady, Daniel Woldring, Galit Pelled, Assaf A. Gilad   +6 more
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Structure of European robin cryptochrome 1 reveals a role in circadian rhythms, not magnetoreception. [PDF]

iScience
Summary Cryptochromes (CRYs) play critical roles in regulating diverse physiological functions, including circadian rhythms and neuronal firing in light-dependent or -independent fashions. Structural studies of CRYs have highlighted common features, such
Wickramaratne AC, Rasmussen ES, Chelliah Y, Schuhmann F, Solov'yov IA, Mouritsen H, Green CB, Zoltowski BD, Takahashi JS.   +8 more
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Butterfly magnetoreception based neighbour awareness strategy protocol for autonomous aerial vehicles. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (AAVs) play a significant role in emergency response and disaster management, such as during forest fires, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
Naga Ramesh JV, Dastagiraiah C, Mubeen S, Priya WD, Rao MK, Kumar BHKB.   +5 more
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The Effect of High-Voltage Power Lines on Magnetic Orientation of Domestic Dogs [PDF]

Animals
Domestic dogs can sense the geomagnetic field (GMF), spontaneously aligning their bodies along its axis, altering the alignment’s pattern during geomagnetic disturbances.
Nataliia S. Iakovenko, Kateřina Benediktová, Jana Adámková, Vlastimil Hart, Hana Brinkeová, Miloš Ježek, Tomáš Kušta, Vladimír Hanzal, Petra Nováková, Hynek Burda   +9 more
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Orientation of birds in radiofrequency fields in the absence of the Earth's magnetic field: a possible test for the radical pair mechanism of magnetoreception. [PDF]

J R Soc Interface
The magnetic compass sense of migratory songbirds is thought to derive from magnetically sensitive photochemical reactions in cryptochromes located in photoreceptor cells in the birds’ retinas.
Luo J, Benjamin P, Gerhards L, Hogben HJ, Hore PJ.   +4 more
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Biophysical mechanism of animal magnetoreception, orientation and navigation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
We describe a biophysical mechanism for animal magnetoreception, orientation and navigation in the geomagnetic field (GMF), based on the ion forced oscillation (IFO) mechanism in animal cell membrane voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs) (IFO-VGIC mechanism)
Panagopoulos DJ, Karabarbounis A, Chrousos GP.   +2 more
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Cryptochromes: Photochemical and structural insight into magnetoreception

Protein Science, 2021
Cryptochromes (CRYs) function as blue light photoreceptors in diverse physiological processes in nearly all kingdoms of life. Over the past several decades, they have emerged as the most likely candidates for light‐dependent magnetoreception in animals ...
Nischal Karki, Satyam Vergish, Brian D Zoltowski   +2 more
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