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Use of a light-dependent magnetic compass for y-axis orientation in European common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Comparative Physiology A, March 2013
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Title
Use of a light-dependent magnetic compass for y-axis orientation in European common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles
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Journal of Comparative Physiology A, March 2013
DOI 10.1007/s00359-013-0811-0
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Francisco J. Diego-Rasilla, Rosa M. Luengo, John B. Phillips

Abstract

We provide evidence for the use of a magnetic compass for y-axis orientation (i.e., orientation along the shore-deep water axis) by tadpoles of the European common frog (Rana temporaria). Furthermore, our study provides evidence for a wavelength-dependent effect of light on magnetic compass orientation in amphibians. Tadpoles trained and then tested under full-spectrum light displayed magnetic compass orientation that coincided with the trained shore-deep water axes of their training tanks. Conversely, tadpoles trained under long-wavelength (≥500 nm) light and tested under full-spectrum light, and tadpoles trained under full-spectrum light and tested under long-wavelength (≥500 nm) light, exhibited a 90° shift in magnetic compass orientation relative to the trained y-axis direction. Our results are consistent with earlier studies showing that the observed 90° shift in the direction of magnetic compass orientation under long-wavelength (≥500 nm) light is due to a direct effect of light on the underlying magnetoreception mechanism. These findings also show that wavelength-dependent effects of light do not compromise the function of the magnetic compass under a wide range of natural lighting conditions, presumably due to a large asymmetry in the relatively sensitivity of antagonistic short- and long-wavelength inputs to the light-dependent magnetic compass.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 3%
United States 1 3%
Unknown 35 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 24%
Student > Bachelor 5 14%
Researcher 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 8%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 8 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 51%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 11%
Environmental Science 2 5%
Chemistry 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 7 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2013.
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#8,333,909
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Outputs from Journal of Comparative Physiology A
#496
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#68,251
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Comparative Physiology A
#5
of 16 outputs
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