taxis (physiology)
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006270
Movement of animals or other mobile organisms that is inducible and takes place in a direction related to that of the stimulus, such as the movement of the flagellate protozoan, Euglena, towards light in positive phototaxis.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006270 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | physiology; tropisms; thigmotaxis; chemotaxis; magnetotaxis; geotaxis; phototaxis; phonotaxis |
| Translations | Spanish: taxis (fisiología) |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-006270",
"term": "taxis (physiology)",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Movement of animals or other mobile organisms that is inducible and takes place in a direction related to that of the stimulus, such as the movement of the flagellate protozoan, Euglena, towards light in positive phototaxis.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"physiology",
"tropisms",
"thigmotaxis",
"chemotaxis",
"magnetotaxis",
"geotaxis",
"phototaxis",
"phonotaxis"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "taxis (fisiología)"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/taxis-physiology/"
}
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