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telotaxis Biol. (tɛləʊˈtæksɪs) [mod.L., coined in Ger. (A. Kühn Die Orientierung der Tiere im Raum (1919) 60): see telo-1 and taxis 6.] Directional movement made by an animal in order to keep a particular source of stimulation acting on its sense receptor(s).1934 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. XI. 129 Those mov...
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Taxis
Telotaxis also requires paired receptors. The movement occurs along the direction where the intensity of the stimuli is stronger. Telotaxis is clearly seen in the movement of bees when they leave their hive to look for food.
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tropo-
tropo- combining form repr. Gr. τρόπος turning, etc. (see trope n.), occurring in a few modern technical terms. tropoˈcollagen (trəʊ-) Biochem. [so called from its being able to turn into collagen], the molecular constituent of collagen fibrils, formed of three supercoiled polypeptide chains; tropom...
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