Search Results for: taxis
Gravitaxis
Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to... Read More
Thermotaxis
Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to... Read More
Phototaxis
Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to... Read More
Magnetotaxis
Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by a directional movement of an organism in response to a magnetic... Read More
Chemotaxis
Definition noun The directional movement of an organism or a living motile cell in response to certain diffusible chemicals... Read More
Gravitropism
Definition noun Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to gravity Supplement Tropism is an involuntary... Read More
Heliotropism
Definition noun Growth or movement of a cell or an organism in response to the direction of the sun Supplement In general,... Read More
Phototropism
Definition noun, plural: photoropisms Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to light Supplement In general,... Read More
Hydrotropism
Definition noun Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to moisture or water Supplement In general, tropism is... Read More
Chemokinesis
Definition noun A behavioral response of a cell or an organism to a soluble chemical that leads to random or directionally... Read More
Electrotropism
Definition noun Growth or movement of a cell or an organism in response to an electric field Supplement In general, tropism... Read More
Thigmotropism
Definition noun Growth or movement of a cell or an organism in response to touch Supplement In general, tropism is an... Read More