phototaxis in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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It allows the cells to sense light direction and intensity and respond to it by swimming either towards the light (positive phototaxis) or away from the light (negative phototaxis).

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His studies with retinal analogs and retinal proteins have made seminal contributions in understanding the structural and mechanistic basis of animal vision and phototaxis.

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The three-wheeled tortoise robots were capable of phototaxis, by which they could find their way to a recharging station when they ran low on battery power.

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The algae swim and find locations in their environments for optimizing photosynthesis by either moving towards light (positive phototaxis) or away from it (negative phototaxis).

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The species also has a negative phototaxis, meaning that it tends to move away from a light source.

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Motile bacteria are attracted or repelled by certain stimuli in behaviors called taxes: these include chemotaxis, phototaxis, energy taxis, and magnetotaxis.

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Other eyed nematodes have a negative phototaxis, moving away from light.

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Most tests used allowed researches to directly observe the mutation, such as altering phototaxis or flight-reduction.

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In laboratory settings, the migration is light dependent but the direction of movement is not solely explained by positive phototaxis.

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Finally, the petri dish was placed under a light microscope to assess the phototaxis response of the planarian.

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