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Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavior, Animal > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Spatial Behavior > Orientation, Spatial > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Orientation > Orientation, Spatial > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Psychological Phenomena > Psychophysiology > Orientation > Orientation, Spatial > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Biological Science Disciplines > Physiology > Psychophysiology > Orientation > Orientation, Spatial > Taxis Response > Phototaxis
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Adaptation, Psychological > Orientation > Orientation, Spatial > Taxis Response > Phototaxis

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Phototaxis  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A behavioral change that results in an organism moving or orienting toward or away from the light source.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WD56NW13-R

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