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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages S147-S162Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0411.focus
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orientation and navigation; magnetic compass; magnetic sense; bird migration; night-migratory birds
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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 addressed in future research. The review focuses primarily on our knowledge of cryptochromes in the context of magnetoreception.
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