Until now, this sixth sense, known as magnetoreception, remained one of the greatest mysteries to sensory biologists.
One hundred 'special' hair cells are needed to perceive Earth's magnetic field- proving one of two theories for magnetoreception
. The fascinating result could provide a boost in knowledge for biologists to understand the origins of magnetoreception and finally identify the mechanisms behind this nature.The new study supports one of two leading theories of magnetoreception. This is the presence of 'stereocilia,' which are bundles of hair cells in the inner ear. Scientists propose that
Under the new study, Kavokin used statistics to prove the fluctuations of stereocilia and demonstrated that these microstructures could indeed act as susceptible compass needles. To go one step further, the researcher even added a number to how many of these structures are needed for mechanoreceptors to sense their fluctuations .
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