Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany; Research Center Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg, D-26111, Oldenburg, Germany.
Curr Biol. 2019 Dec 2;29(23):R1224-R1226. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.022.
A phylogenetically diverse set of animals are able to orient by the Earth's magnetic field, but how they do so is an open problem. A new study identifies ion channels in the avian inner ear that could detect magnetic fields via induced electric fields.
一系列具有系统发育多样性的动物能够通过地球磁场定位，但它们是如何做到这一点的仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。一项新的研究确定了鸟类内耳中的离子通道，这些通道可以通过感应电场来检测磁场。
