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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. tropisms

Preferred term

tropisms

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Movement that is inducible and takes place in a direction related to that of the stimulus, such as the movement of leaves toward light in positive phototropism or away from light in negative phototropism.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Scope note

  • Use for movement in plants and other non-mobile organisms; For orientation movement of animals and other organisms with mobility (e.g. flagella, motile cilia, appendages) in response to a stimulus USE taxis (physiology).

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14074

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