Physical limits to magnetogenetics
eLife, 2016 This is an analysis of how magnetic fields affect biological molecules and cells. It was prompted by a series of prominent reports regarding magnetism in biological systems.
Markus Meister
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Beyond the photocycle-how cryptochromes regulate photoresponses in plants? [PDF]
, 2018 Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light receptors that mediate light regulation of plant growth and development. Land plants possess various numbers of cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, which serve overlapping and partially redundant functions in different plant
Gu, Lianfeng +6 more
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Problems on the back of an envelope
eLife, 2016 Claims that magnetic fields can be used to manipulate biological systems contradict some basic laws of physics.
Polina Anikeeva, Alan Jasanoff
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Chemical compass model for avian magnetoreception as a quantum coherent device
, 2013 It is known that more than 50 species use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation and navigation. Intensive studies particularly behavior experiments with birds, provide support for a chemical compass based on magnetically sensitive free radical ...
Cai, Jianming, Plenio, Martin B.
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Comment on "Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans"
eLife, 2018 A diverse array of species on the planet employ the Earth's magnetic field as a navigational aid. As the majority of these animals are migratory, their utility to interrogate the molecular and cellular basis of the magnetic sense is limited.
Lukas Landler +5 more
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‘Fixed-axis’ magnetic orientation by an amphibian: non-shoreward-directed compass orientation, misdirected homing or positioning a magnetite-based map detector in a consistent alignment relative to the magnetic field? [PDF]
, 2002 Experiments were carried out to investigate the earlier prediction that prolonged exposure to long-wavelength (>500 nm) light would eliminate homing orientation by male Eastern red-spotted newts Notophthalmus viridescens.
Borland, S. Chris +4 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic +10 more
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Production of single-domain magnetite throughout life by sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka [PDF]
, 1988 Although single-domain particles of biogenic magnetite have been found in different species of pelagic fishes, nothing is known about when it is synthesized, or about whether the time during life when it is produced is correlated with the development of
Groot, Cornelis +3 more
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Mechanisms of Body Alignment in a Diurnal Songbird Migrant
Ethology, EarlyView.The graphical abstract illustrates the body alignment mechanism of a diurnal songbird migrant, the dunnock (Prunella modularis). Dunnocks consistently expressed an angular body alignment, with inter‐individual variation at the level of the population.
Christina Spiliopoulou +3 more
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Monte-Carlo wavefunction approach for the spin dynamics of recombining radicals
New Journal of Physics, 2020 We adapt the Monte-Carlo wavefunction (MCWF) approach to treat the open-system spin dynamics of radical pairs subject to spin-selective recombination reactions.
Robert H Keens, Daniel R Kattnig
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