Researchers finally discover biological compass of organisms

Researchers in China have, for the first time, identified a key protein that plays a key role in biological compass in organisms helping them navigate using Earth’s magnetic field.

more…

CrazyNeutrino said:

Researchers finally discover biological compass of organisms

Researchers in China have, for the first time, identified a key protein that plays a key role in biological compass in organisms helping them navigate using Earth’s magnetic field.

more…

Certina (Kurth Freres), made a biorhythm watch way back in the early 70’s.

http://www.nature.com/news/long-sought-biological-compass-discovered-1.18803

ChrispenEvan said:

http://www.nature.com/news/long-sought-biological-compass-discovered-1.18803

Cherry picked:

“It’s either a very important paper or totally wrong. I strongly suspect the latter,” says David Keays

that link casts a sceptical eye over these findings.

point out to us the cherry picked parts please.

ChrispenEvan said:

point out to us the cherry picked parts please.

I copied what he said. “It’s either a very important paper or totally wrong. I strongly suspect the latter,” says David Keays

that isn’t cherry picked info, unless you are referring to yourself cherry picking info. which is it?

ChrispenEvan said:

that isn’t cherry picked info, unless you are referring to yourself cherry picking info. which is it?

I cherry picked it yes.. Thought you were smart enough to work that out since you had read the link.

i had read that link a few days ago when this story first appeared.

roughbarked said:

ChrispenEvan said:

http://www.nature.com/news/long-sought-biological-compass-discovered-1.18803

Cherry picked:

“It’s either a very important paper or totally wrong. I strongly suspect the latter,” says David Keays

LOL. I have to agree.

… but …

There are very many organisms that have magnetite crystals inside their bodies, and some but not all of these use those magnetite crystals for magnetic direction finding. So there have to be genes involved, and finding those genes ought not be too difficult. There are also other bases for direction-finding, including smell, the position of the Sun, the light intensity and polarisation of the sky, the position of the Moon. Again, there would have a genetic basis.

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

ChrispenEvan said:

http://www.nature.com/news/long-sought-biological-compass-discovered-1.18803

Cherry picked:

“It’s either a very important paper or totally wrong. I strongly suspect the latter,” says David Keays

LOL. I have to agree.

… but …

There are very many organisms that have magnetite crystals inside their bodies, and some but not all of these use those magnetite crystals for magnetic direction finding. So there have to be genes involved, and finding those genes ought not be too difficult. There are also other bases for direction-finding, including smell, the position of the Sun, the light intensity and polarisation of the sky, the position of the Moon. Again, there would have a genetic basis.

I can talk about how plants grow vertically in daytime and laterally by the moon. Don’t ask me for a treatise on how it occurs though.