Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39939776›Full record

ArticleNature2025

Learned magnetic map cues and two mechanisms of magnetoreception in turtles.

Kayla M Goforth, Catherine M F Lohmann, Andrew Gavin, Reyco Henning, Andrew Harvey, Tara L Hinton, Dana S Lim, Kenneth J Lohmann

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evidence for cephalic magnetic map receptors in sea turtles.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026
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  3. From skylight cues to magnetic fields: the toolkit of insect long-distance navigation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kayla M GoforthDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. kmgoforth@tamu.edu.ORCID 0009-0009-9587-5451
Catherine M F LohmannDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Andrew GavinDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5378-4393
Reyco HenningDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8651-2960
Andrew HarveyDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7430-3205
Tara L HintonDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-3880-8930
Dana S LimDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Kenneth J LohmannDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1068-148X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growing evidence indicates that migratory animals exploit the magnetic field of the Earth for navigation, both as a compass to determine direction and as a map to determine geographical position

Indexed as

CuesLearningMagnetic FieldsOrientationSpatial NavigationTurtlesAnimal MigrationAnimalsOrientation, SpatialRadio Waves

Identifiers

PMID39939776

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