Tenets of Magnetoreception: Cryptochrome as a promising player

Abstract

Living organisms are constantly being impacted by the Geomagnetic field (GMF), which is known to affect a number of biological
processes, and for plants on Earth, it is an inevitable environmental factor. Several hypotheses have been proposed by scientists to
explain the mechanism of magnetoreception, but none have received widespread acceptance. The magnetite-based concept, the
radical pair model, and the ion-interference mechanism are only a few of the mechanisms that have been proposed in recent years to
answer the riddle of animal magnetoreception from various perspectives. It has been proposed that Cryptochromes may function as
magnetoreceptors since the physiological processes of CRY, such as growth inhibition, seedling de-etiolation, or blooming initiation,
have been demonstrated to respond to mild magnetic fields. This review provides insights into various theories on magnetoreception
and also includes a bibliometric analysis of literature on “cryptochrome and magnetism.”