• Thermotaxis is a behavior in which an organism directs its locomotion up or down a gradient of temperature. Lab research has determined that some slime...
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    mammalian spermatozoa can respond to a temperature gradient by thermotaxis. Mammalian sperm thermotaxis was, hitherto, demonstrated in three species: humans, rabbits...
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    oocyte meet and interact in the ampulla of the fallopian tube. Rheotaxis, thermotaxis and chemotaxis are known mechanisms that guide sperm towards the egg...
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    gradients (0.001 °C/cm) than any other known organism, an example of thermotaxis. The response is complicated and thought to allow the nematodes to move...
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    of the behavior to migrate to a suitable thermal environment is thermotaxis. Thermotaxis has been found in multicellular organisms, such as Caenorhabditis...
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    physiology of the Haller's Organ will be discussed in this section, including thermotaxis and chemosensation. A wide variety of tick hosts, being endothermic,...
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  • mammalian spermatozoa can respond to a temperature gradient by thermotaxis. Mammalian sperm thermotaxis was, hitherto, demonstrated in three species: humans, rabbits...
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  • (by magnetic field) Phototaxis (by light) Rheotaxis (by fluid flow) Thermotaxis (by changes in temperature) Thigmotaxis (by physical contact) Depending...
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  • syntactic, syntagma, syntagmatic, syntax, tactic, tagma, taxis, taxonomy, thermotaxis tal- ankle Latin talus talus tang-, -ting-, tact-, tag- touch Latin tangere...
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    chemical gradient (see chemotaxis) along a temperature gradient (see thermotaxis) along a light gradient (see phototaxis) along a magnetic field line...
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  • definition of thermotropism can sometimes be confused with the term, thermotaxis, a mechanism by which temperature gradients can alter the behavior of...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    themselves towards the ovum. The sperm follows temperature gradients (thermotaxis) and chemical gradients (chemotaxis) to locate the ovum. Wikimedia Commons...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    propagating waves to a steady state at a multicellular stage of D. discoideum. Thermotaxis is movement along a gradient of temperature. The slugs have been shown...
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    that control several behaviors of C. elegans, including chemotaxis, thermotaxis, mechanotransduction, learning, memory, and mating behaviour. In 2019...
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  • and discovered thermotaxis. His group found that human, rabbit and mouse spermatozoa can navigate in a temperature gradient by thermotaxis and that, as...
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  • Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    (chemical gradients like glucose), aerotaxis (oxygen), phototaxis (light), thermotaxis (heat), and magnetotaxis (magnetic fields). The overall movement of a...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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  • https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2157 Ramot D, MacInnis BL, Lee HC, Goodman MB. Thermotaxis is a robust mechanism for thermoregulation in Caenorhabditis elegans...
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    ectotherms are. Reptiles are ectotherms, and therefore rely upon positive thermotaxis, basking (heliothermy), burrowing, and crowding with members of their...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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    Magnetotaxis (magnetic field) Phototaxis (light) Rheotaxis (fluid flow) Thermotaxis (temperature) Kinesis Kinesis chemokinesis photokinesis Microbots and...
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  • syntactic, syntagma, syntagmatic, syntax, tactic, tagma, taxis, taxonomy, thermotaxis tal- ankle Latin talus talus tang-, -ting-, tact-, tag- touch Latin tangere...
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