Meanings
nounmagnetosensor (plural magnetosensors)
plural magnetosensors
- The supposed organ of magnetoception
Moreover, using a transgenic approach, human CRY2 was proved to even function as a magnetosensor in the magnetoreception system of Drosophila [12 ].
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
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