NALT

Preferred term

tropisms

Topic

Movement that is inducible and takes place in a direction related to that of the stimulus, such as the movement of leaves toward light in positive phototropism or away from light in negative phototropism.

physiology

Use for movement in plants and other non-mobile organisms; For orientation movement of animals and other organisms with mobility (e.g. flagella, motile cilia, appendages) in response to a stimulus USE taxis (physiology).

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

38590

Spanish

tropismos

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14074

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 3/22/19