Clusters of superparamagnetic magnetite particles in the upper-beak skin of homing pigeons evidence of a magnetoreceptor?

By M. Winklhofer, Elke Holtkamp-Rötzler, M. Hanzlik, G. Fleissner, N. Petersen. 2001

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Subfields: Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Physiology

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• Off-axis electron holography of magnetotactic bacteria: magnetic microstructure of strains MV-1 and MS-1 (2001, methodology): “It will be of great interest to apply the technique to understand magnetite-based magnetic sensing mechanisms in higher organisms (Kirschvink & Gould, 1981; Diebel et al., 2000; Winklhofer et al., 2001).”
• The Radical-Pair Mechanism of Magnetoreception. (2016, background): “Many studies have documented particles of magnetite or other iron minerals in, for example, nematode worms, mollusks, insects, crustaceans, and a variety of vertebrates (96, 133, 204, 209).”