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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 148, Issue 1 325-334, Copyright © 1990 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Interactions of light and gravity reception with magnetic fields in Xenopus laevis

T Leucht
Zoologisches Institut II der Universitat Wurzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Tadpoles of Xenopus laevis are shown to respond to magnetic fields using a gravity-related test paradigm. They exhibit a directional selectivity with respect to angular variations of the inclination of low-intensity magnetic fields. This response is abolished when the optic nerves of the tadpole are transected, indicating that the peripheral optical system is involved in the detection of magnetic fields.




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