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According to Wikipedia : "Humans are not thought to have a magnetic sense, but there is a protein (a cryptochrome) in the eye which could serve this function" h
by Jun8 6y ago
According to Wikipedia : "Humans are not thought to have a magnetic sense, but there is a protein (a cryptochrome) in the eye which could serve this function" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoreception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoreception
How come they thought to add the blue light dependency? Because light-dependent magnetoreception has been observed in other animals: https://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/19/3295 https://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/19/3295
The gender difference is interesting though.
- saalweachter 6y agoI'm leaning towards p-hacking myself, but I'll note the composition of your photoreceptors is partially coded on your X chromosome, which leads to differences if you have 1 or 2 X's -- one X makes colorblindness significantly more likely, 2 X's are needed for tetrachromatism.