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Cryptochrome

A glowing, intricate design featuring a central hexagonal pattern surrounded by radiating lines and small spheres, symbolizing the concept of cryptochrome, a light-sensitive protein involved in regulating circadian rhythms.

A family of blue-light-sensitive flavoproteins found in plants, insects, and vertebrates. In most organisms they regulate circadian rhythms; in migratory birds, the cryptochrome-4 variant in the retina is the leading candidate for the molecule that lets the animal sense magnetic fields. The protein generates a short-lived pair of quantum-entangled electrons whose chemistry is altered by the surrounding field.

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