Mutant flies lack magnetic sense

François Rouyer
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François Rouyer: François Rouyer is at the Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, CNRS UPR2216, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. francois.rouyer@inaf.cnrs-gif.fr

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7207, 950-951

Abstract: It seems that fruitflies can detect magnetic fields, but only if they are illuminated with blue light. Mutant flies reveal that a light-responsive receptor underpins this peculiar behaviour.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/454949a

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