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What does geotactic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to geotaxis
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The present study was conducted to determine whether A. invadans zoospores show geotactic behaviour compared to other Oomycete genera.
Emerging adults exhibit a negative geotactic response, rising up in the cage to a boll-weevil trap where they can be easily removed and counted.
As the insect climbs the surface, the geotactic response mode would provide positive reinforcement while the olfactory modality would provide negative reinforcement.
The obstacle wall provides a geotactic barrier by presenting a side wall and an obstacle wall with numerous identical elevations.
The different geotactic behaviour of the two species of cercariae brings them into the ecological range of their different second intermediate hosts.

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