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Wiltschko et al. reply

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  • Wolfgang Wiltschko

    (*Fachbereich Biowissenschaften, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

  • Joachim Traudt

    (*Fachbereich Biowissenschaften, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

  • Onur Güntürkün

    (†AE Biopsychologie, Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany)

  • Helmut Prior

    (Institut für Psychologie)

  • Roswitha Wiltschko

    (*Fachbereich Biowissenschaften, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Abstract

Replying to C. M. Hein, S. Engels, D. Kishkinev & H. Mouritsen Nature 471, doi:10.1038/nature09875 (2011) Hein and colleagues1 challenge our 2002 paper2, claiming that they cannot replicate our findings. The paper had two conclusions: (1) magnetic compass information is mediated by the eyes, as had been proposed by Ritz and colleagues3, and (2) the magnetic compass is lateralized in favour of the right eye. The new data do not contradict the first conclusion; in fact, this has been supported by a recent paper from the authors4. It is only the second conclusion they question, although it has been demonstrated not only in two species of migrants2,5, but also in domestic chickens6 and is the basis of a new paper indicating an interaction between contour vision and magnetoreception7.

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  • Wolfgang Wiltschko & Joachim Traudt & Onur Güntürkün & Helmut Prior & Roswitha Wiltschko, 2011. "Wiltschko et al. reply," Nature, Nature, vol. 471(7340), pages 1-1, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:471:y:2011:i:7340:d:10.1038_nature09876
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09876
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