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A Search for Magnetic Field Receptors in Animals

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Bacteria, honey bees and homing pigeons, among other species, all contain the mineral magnetite. This paper describes our attempts to localize iron in tissues from honey bees and pigeons.

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  1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, 11794, USA

    B. Walcott

  2. Laboratory of Ornithology and Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    C. Walcott

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  1. Istituto di Biologia Generale, Università di Pisa, Via A. Volta, 6, I-56100, Pisa, Italy

    Floriano Papi

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131, Seewiesen, Germany

    Hans G. Wallraff

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Walcott, B., Walcott, C. (1982). A Search for Magnetic Field Receptors in Animals. In: Papi, F., Wallraff, H.G. (eds) Avian Navigation. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68616-0_35

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