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Definition of Phototactic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phototactic
Literary usage of Phototactic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"They now appeared positively phototactic. Positively phototactic individuals, on
the other hand, placed in sea water diluted with 40% to 60% fresh water ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"As Davenport states, animals which live in shady places or in the dark are
negatively phototactic, ie shun the light, while those living in the light are ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"During the fourth stage-period the negative phototactic response can not be
reversed (except in such instances as are noted in Exp. 24, Cases 5 and 6), ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Orchestia agilis is somewhat less strongly positive since, for a short time after
it is taken from the dark, it becomes negatively phototactic, but exposure ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1902)
"In regard to its responses to light, the following questions suggest themselves : (1)
Are all individuals negatively phototactic to artificial light? ..."
6. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Phototaxis, and especially the negative form of it, has also been shown to occur
in plasmodia, but the phototactic influence of light has been much more ..."
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