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Innate Releasing Mechanism

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-014425

In ethology or animal behavior, an innate system within an animal that responds to a stimulus in the environment to produce a genetic stereotyped behavior; a stimulus-response mechanism.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-014425
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Coral Reef Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014425",
  "term": "Innate Releasing Mechanism",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "In ethology or animal behavior, an innate system within an animal that responds to a stimulus in the environment to produce a genetic stereotyped behavior; a stimulus-response mechanism.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/innate-releasing-mechanism/"
}

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