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Cryptochromes-a potential magnetoreceptor: what do we know and what do we want to know?

In English

Författare

  • Miriam Liedvogel
  • Henrik Mouritsen

Summary, in English

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.

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

147-162

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volym

7

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

The Royal Society of Canada

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Nyckelord

  • night-migratory birds
  • migration
  • bird
  • magnetic sense
  • orientation and navigation
  • magnetic compass

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1742-5662