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Record 1 2010-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biophysics
DEF

[The] movement of a freely mobile organism in response to the stimulation of light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Biophysique
DEF

Réaction de mouvement orienté de cellules ou de microorganismes déclenchée par la lumière.

OBS

À tort, certains [...] confondent «taxies» et «tropismes». [Les tropismes] sont, par définition, des réactions d'orientation de végétaux ou d'animaux fixés et les «taxies», des réactions de locomotion orientée d'animaux mobiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Biofísica
DEF

Movimiento inducido por la luz.

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