1.0Research/researchRobert Wells/research/author/ro438467/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LcMEebwnKe"><a href="/research/research-project/magnetoreception-in-animals/">Magnetoreception in Animals</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/research/research-project/magnetoreception-in-animals/embed/#?secret=LcMEebwnKe" width="600" height="338" title="“Magnetoreception in Animals” — Research" data-secret="LcMEebwnKe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/research/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Over the last several decades, behavior experiments have shown that a variety of animals are capable of sensing Earth’s magnetic field. Although several theories exist to explain this phenomenon, the underlying molecular basis remains unknown. Our research at UCF is trying to identify the possible location of a ‘magnetoreceptor’ and putative genes involved in a…