Finding a worm's internal compass.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26244630.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.09666 and PMC identifier 4525074.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
A pair of neurons is required for nematodes to be able to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field.
Medical subject headings
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Locomotion
- Magnetics
- Neurons
- Orientation