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Search Results for: gravitropism

Definition noun Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to gravity Supplement Tropism is an involuntary... Read More

Growth All living organisms begin in the same form: as a single cell. That cell will divide and the resulting cells will... Read More

We can detect hot or cold environments using our sense of temperature. When the temperature is too hot, sweating... Read More

Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to... Read More

If we look over evolutionary history, we find that it’s neither the most genius and intelligent nor the strongest and the... Read More

Definition noun, plural: amyloplasts (botany) A type of leucoplast found in the cytoplasm of a plant cell, and serves as... Read More

Definition noun Growth or movement response of a cell or an organism to moisture or water Supplement In general, tropism is... Read More

Definition noun, plural: statoliths (zoology) An otolith, i.e. a crystalline particle of calcium carbonate and a protein... Read More

Definition noun, plural: tropisms A movement or growth response of a cell or an organism to a stimulus, which may either be... Read More

Upon seed germination, the embryo root, called the radicle, grows and develops into the first root. The radicle may thicken... Read More