chemotropism
/ki-mo-truh-piz-uhm/US // kɪˈmɒ trəˌpɪz əm //UK // (ˌkɛməʊˈtrəʊˌpɪzəm) //
趋化作用,趋光性,趋化性,化合作用
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biology.
- : oriented growth or movement in response to a chemical stimulus.
Examples
Conception depends on exactly the same erotic chemotropism in the fertilization of all the higher organisms.
Herbst pointed out that this might be a case of chemotropism, caused by the oxygen surrounding the egg.
We have already alluded to certain phenomena of chemotropism in Chapter IV.
The act of seeking the female as well as that of cohabitation are in many cases combinations of chemotropism and stereotropism.
It is chemotropism, not solicitude for its offspring, which drives the flesh fly to lay its eggs on decaying meat.
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