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Clusters of iron-rich cells in the upper beak of pigeons are macrophages not magnetosensitive neurons

Christoph D. Treiber, Marion Claudia Salzer, Johannes Riegler, Nathaniel B. Edelman, Cristina Sugar, Martin W. Breuss, Paul Pichler, Hervé Cadiou, Martin Saunders, Mark F. Lythgoe,

Nature · 2012 · 190 citations · 24 references

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Resonance effects indicate a radical-pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass

Thorsten Ritz, Peter Thalau, John B. Phillips et al. · Nature · 2004 · 618 citations

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Structure and function of the vertebrate magnetic sense

Michael M. Walker, Carol E. Diebel, Cordula V. Haugh et al. · Nature · 1997 · 449 citations · Full text

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Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird

Manuela Zapka, Dominik Heyers, Christine Maira Hein et al. · Nature · 2009 · 306 citations

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Ultrastructural analysis of a putative magnetoreceptor in the beak of homing pigeons

Gerta Fleissner, Gerta Fleissner, Elke Holtkamp‐Rötzler et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2003 · 288 citations

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Magnetoreception and its trigeminal mediation in the homing pigeon

Cordula V. Mora, Michael Davison, J. Martin Wild et al. · Nature · 2004 · 276 citations

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