magnetosensor

English

Etymology

From magneto- +‎ sensor.

Noun

magnetosensor (plural magnetosensors)

1. The supposed organ of magnetoception
   • 2015 July 15, “Cryptochromes and Hormone Signal Transduction under Near-Zero Magnetic Fields: New Clues to Magnetic Field Effects in a Rice Planthopper”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Moreover, using a transgenic approach, human CRY2 was proved to even function as a magnetosensor in the magnetoreception system of Drosophila [12 ].