磁感
磁感或磁反應是一種感覺,它允許生物體探測磁場來感知方向、高度或位置。這種感官方式被一系列動物用於定向和導航,[1]並成為動物探知區域地圖的方法。對導航來說,磁感應和地磁場的檢測有關。
磁感存在於細菌、節肢動物、軟體動物以及脊椎動物的各主要分類中。[1]人類不被認為有磁感能力,但眼睛中的一種蛋白質隱花色素可以起到這種作用。[2]
參見
參考文獻
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拓展連結
- Cryptochrome and magnetic sensing. Theoretical and Biophysical Computations Group, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [2019-03-29]. (原始內容存檔於2019-03-29).
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