Definition of geotaxis in English:
geotaxis
noun ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈtaksɪsˌjēōˈtaksəs
mass nounBiology The motion of a motile organism or cell in response to the force of gravity.
Example sentencesExamples
- This suggests that the fusion of response observed in geotaxis and phototaxis also exists in more sophisticated forms of navigation.
- They cause a variety of behavioral phenotypes including overall sluggishness and abnormal phototaxis, geotaxis, flight ability, ether recovery, and mating vigor.
- It therefore seems that positive phototaxis was stronger than the positive geotaxis as a driving force of cell motility.
- Groups of Hies are introduced into the top of the cylinder, where they remain temporarily due to their natural propensity for negative geotaxis.
Derivatives
adjective
Biology The present study was conducted to determine whether A. invadans zoospores show geotactic behaviour compared to other Oomycete genera.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, females fed CeONP during the larval stage demonstrated a 10% increase in retention of the negative geotactic response.
- As the insect climbs the surface, the geotactic response mode would provide positive reinforcement while the olfactory modality would provide negative reinforcement.
- The obstacle wall provides a geotactic barrier by presenting a side wall and an obstacle wall with numerous identical elevations.
- The different geotactic behaviour of the two species of cercariae brings them into the ecological range of their different second intermediate hosts.