Taxis
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A taxis (plural taxes, (plural taxes, from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis), meaning 'arrangement') is an innate behavioral response by an organism to a directional stimulus or gradient of stimulus intensity. A taxis differs from a tropism (turning response, often growth towards or away from a stimulus) in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source.
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