Term Name: taxis
Synonyms: directed movement in response to stimulus
Definition: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to an external stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0042330]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: response to external stimulus
is a type of: locomotion
has subtype: chemotaxis energy taxis gravitaxis interneuron sorting involved in substrate-independent cerebral cortex tangential migration thermotaxis