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

Preferred term

Taxis Response  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Avoidance, Heat
  • Compass Orientation
  • Galvanotaxis
  • Heat Avoidance
  • Orientation, Compass
  • Thermotaxis
  • Tropotaxis

Scope note

  • A behavior in free-moving organism that results in motion or orientation toward or away from an external stimulus.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071442

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