Preferred Term:
taxis (physiology)
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.
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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/24726
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