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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. taxis (physiology)

Preferred term

taxis (physiology)

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Scope note

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

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/24726

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