magnetosensor

English

Etymology

magneto- +‎ sensor

Noun

magnetosensor (plural magnetosensors)

  1. The supposed organ of magnetoception
    • 2015 July 15, “Cryptochromes and Hormone Signal Transduction under Near-Zero Magnetic Fields: New Clues to Magnetic Field Effects in a Rice Planthopper”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Moreover, using a transgenic approach, human CRY2 was proved to even function as a magnetosensor in the magnetoreception system of Drosophila [12 ].
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