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Record 1 2013-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Le fait que les pistes ne se croisent qu'exceptionnellement, et lorsqu'elles le font, abandonnent le parcours helminthoïde pour un parcours quasi-rectiligne [...] s'expliquerait par la phobotaxie, réflexe d'évitement de la piste elle-même antérieurement tracée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Estímulo que obliga a un animal que se mueve sobre una superficie o excava una galería, a evitar el contacto con otro de su misma clase que recorre otra pista junto a él, o con la misma pista trazada anteriormente, evitando que se crucen sobre el mismo plano.

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