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What does geotaxis mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
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It therefore seems that positive phototaxis was stronger than the positive geotaxis as a driving force of cell motility.
Muller et al. 1990: Impaired negative geotaxis, impaired performance in suspension and locomotor coordination tests.
Bernuzzi et al. 1986: Reduced body weight of pups, impaired negative geotaxis.
This suggests that the fusion of response observed in geotaxis and phototaxis also exists in more sophisticated forms of navigation.
Groups of Hies are introduced into the top of the cylinder, where they remain temporarily due to their natural propensity for negative geotaxis.
No differences in aluminum-exposed animals were observed with respect to surface righting, negative geotaxis or activity in an open field.

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