phototaxis
Sign in to saveAlso known as phototactic behavior, phototactic behaviour, taxis in response to light
thumb|upright=2|right| Red arrows indicate the likely point of origin of phototaxis in a given group. Question marks indicate uncertainties regarding independent or common origin.
Research
1,582 papers- Channelrhodopsins: From Phototaxis to Optogenetics.Biochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2023
- Daphnia's phototaxis as an indicator in ecotoxicological studies: A review.Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023
- Evolution of phototaxis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009
- Photosystems and photoreceptors in cyanobacterial phototaxis and photophobotaxis.FEBS letters · 2024
- Phototaxis and chemotaxis of brown algal swarmers.Journal of plant research · 2017
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- Phototaxis in bacteria and archea
- Phototaxis in protists
- Phototaxis in invertebrates
- Jellyfish
- Marine ragworm
- Insects
- Relation to magnetic fields
- Light based vertical movement
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thumb|upright=2|right| Red arrows indicate the likely point of origin of phototaxis in a given group. Question marks indicate uncertainties regarding independent or common origin.
Phototaxis is a kind of taxis, or locomotory movement, that occurs when a whole organism moves towards or away from a stimulus of light. This is advantageous for phototrophic organisms as they can orient themselves most efficiently to receive light for photosynthesis. Phototaxis is called positive if the movement is in the direction of increasing light intensity and negative if the direction is opposite.