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. 2011 Mar 22;21(6):R225-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.063.

Animal navigation: longitude at last

James L Gould  1
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Animal navigation: longitude at last

James L Gould. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Newly hatched sea turtles exposed to artificially generated magnetic fields with parameters characteristic of two sites 3700 km apart, differing only in longitude, can distinguish the two apparent locations and orient appropriately.

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