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Descriptor English: Phototaxis
Descriptor Spanish: Fototaxis
Descriptor fototaxia
Entry term(s) fotocinesia
Scope note: Cambio conductual que resulta en el movimiento u orientación de un organismo, bien hacia una fuente de luz o bien apartándose de ella.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fototaxia
Descriptor French: Phototaxie
Entry term(s): Photokineses
Photokinesis
Tree number(s): F01.145.113.780.875
F01.145.875.439.500.875
G07.568.500.590.875
G11.427.410.568.850.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071444
Scope note: A behavioral change that results in an organism moving or orienting toward or away from the light source.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Light (1963-2016)
Movement (1964-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Related: Phototropism MeSH
DeCS ID: 56708
Unique ID: D000071444
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/05/20
Phototaxis - Preferred
Concept UI M000614698
Scope note A behavioral change that results in an organism moving or orienting toward or away from the light source.
Preferred term Phototaxis
Photokinesis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000614699
Preferred term Photokinesis
Entry term(s) Photokineses



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