Multi-modal imaging and analysis in the search for iron-based magnetoreceptors in the honeybee Apis mellifera

The honeybee Apis mellifera is one of many animal species for which empirical evidence of a magnetic sense has been provided. The underlying mechanisms postulated for magnetoreception in bees are varied, but most point towards the abdomen as the most likely anatomical region for its location, partly...

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Main Authors: Jeremy A. Shaw, Alastair Boyd, Michael House, Gary Cowin, Boris Baer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2018-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181163