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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2020

Electron-Electron Dipolar Interaction Poses a Challenge to the Radical Pair Mechanism of Magnetoreception.

Nathan S Babcock, Daniel R Kattnig

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A hybrid compass mechanism combining radical pairs and magnetite crystals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Quantum Effects in Evolution: Terrestrial Fine-Tuning of Magnetic Parameters.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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  9. Avian cryptochrome 4 binds superoxide.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2024
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  12. Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions: estimation ofPhysical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2023
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  20. Towards Quantum-Chemical Modeling of the Activity of Anesthetic Compounds.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Nathan S BabcockLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Daniel R KattnigLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-2627

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A visual magnetic sense in migratory birds has been hypothesized to rely on a radical pair reaction in the protein cryptochrome. In this model, magnetic sensitivity originates from coherent spin dynamics, as the radicals couple to magnetic nuclei

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PMID32141754
PMCPMC7145362

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