Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, pertaining to, characteristic of, or exhibiting phototaxis.
- In biology, of or pertaining to the locomotion of organisms in relation to direction of light; exhibiting phototaxis or photopathy.
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- adjective of or relating to
phototaxis
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Examples
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Unlike other algae genera sequenced to date, these swift swimmers can cut through the water column at a rate of 50 body lengths per second, and are phototactic, meaning that they can swim towards the sunlight from which they derive their energy.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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Unlike other algae genera sequenced to date, these swift swimmers can cut through the water column at a rate of 50 body lengths per second, and are phototactic, meaning that they can swim towards the sunlight from which they derive their energy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Isopods are negatively phototactic (reathey ct to light by moving away from it), and usually remain hidden under rocks and debris.
Crustacea 2008
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The results demonstrated that in free-swimming spheroids, only those cells of the anterior hemisphere that face toward the light source reverse the beating direction in the presence of illumination; this behavior results in phototactic turning.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Noriko Ueki 2010
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Our results also indicate how recently evolved multicellular organisms adapted the phototactic capabilities of their unicellular ancestors to multicellular life.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Noriko Ueki 2010
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On the basis of our results, we developed a mechanistic model that predicts the phototactic behavior in V. rousseletii.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Noriko Ueki 2010
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In this study, the phototactic behavior in the spheroidal, multicellular volvocine green alga Volvox rousseletii (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) was analyzed.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Noriko Ueki 2010
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Many moths are attracted to light (a condition known as being positively phototactic).
Museum Blogs 2009
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Visual flight control wasps - effect ocelli phototactic orientation turning tendency
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Halobacterium species NRC-1, a phototrophic, phototactic, and UV-tolerant haloarchaeon.
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