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Record 1 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
DEF

Locomotory movement of an organism cell, e.g. gamete, in response to a directional stimulus, the direction of movement being orientated in relation to the stimulus, e.g. to gradient of temperature or to direction of illumination.

Key term(s)
  • taxes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
DEF

Mouvement sans rapport avec la croissance, orienté par un facteur dissymétrique du milieu.

OBS

Il y a des taxies positives (attirance) et négatives (répulsion). Les taxies sont classées selon la nature du stimulus : chimiotaxie [...]

OBS

[...] à tort certains auteurs confondent taxies et tropismes, alors que ces derniers sont par définition des réactions d'orientation de végétaux ou d'animaux fixés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
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