athermotactic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
a- + thermotactic
Adjective[edit]
athermotactic (not comparable)
- (biology) Not moving in relation to heat; lacking thermotaxis
- 2004, Noelle L'Etoile, “Chemosensory Transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans”, in Frings & Bradley, editors, Transduction Channels in Sensory Cells[1], →ISBN, page 82:
- If the major thermosensory neuron, AFD, is ablated, most animals become athermotactic, that is, they will move randomly on a temperature gradient […]