-
direction and make
directed turns, but
their phototactic movement is very slow. Some
bacteria and
archaea are
phototactic. In most
cases the
mechanism of phototaxis...
-
phototactic behavior exhibited by many
species of fish that are
either attracted by the
light themselves, or have come to prey upon any
phototactic invertebrates...
- Nir (1
January 2021). "Feel the
light –
sight independent negative phototactic response in octopus' arms".
Journal of
Experimental Biology. 224 (5)...
-
Photoreceptor proteins are light-sensitive
proteins involved in the
sensing and
response to
light in a
variety of organisms. Some
examples are rhodopsin...
-
ability to
perceive direction of
incoming light)
allows for more
complex phototactic responses to light, and
likely evolved by
means of
membrane stacking...
- intensity.
Phototactic microorganisms move
according to the
direction of the
light within the environment, such that
positively phototactic species will...
-
larva is
still phototactic, even if the
larval eyes are ablated. But if the
adult eyes are ablated, then the
nectochaete is not
phototactic anymore and thus...
- yellowish-green.
Gametes are spindle-shaped,
positively phototactic. The
resulting zygote is
negatively phototactic and
forms a unicellular, Codiolum-stage sporophyte...
- carp and in
three cichlid species. Fish use NIR to
capture prey and for
phototactic swimming orientation. NIR
sensation in fish may be
relevant under poor...
- of this
behaviour is
phototactic behavior (movements of
entire organisms to, or away from, a
light source). In D.
magna phototactic behavior has an innate...
