AmiGO 2: Term Details for "phototaxis" (GO:0042331)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0042331
Name: phototaxis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: phototactic behavior, phototactic behaviour, taxis in response to light
Alternate IDs: GO:0046953
Definition: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to light. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0192800981
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042331 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to phototaxis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to phototaxis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for phototaxis (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0050896 response to stimulus
GO:0040011 locomotion
GO:0009628 response to abiotic stimulus
GO:0009605 response to external stimulus
GO:0009314 response to radiation
GO:0042330 taxis
GO:0009453 energy taxis
GO:0009416 response to light stimulus
GO:0042331 phototaxis
GO:1990413 eyespot apparatus
GO:0046957 negative phototaxis
GO:0046956 positive phototaxis

Parents of phototaxis (GO:0042331)

subject	relation	object
phototaxis	is_a	response to light stimulus (GO:0009416)
phototaxis	is_a	energy taxis (GO:0009453)

Children of phototaxis (GO:0042331)

subject	relation	object
eyespot apparatus (GO:1990413)	RO:0002216	phototaxis
negative phototaxis (GO:0046957)	is_a	phototaxis
positive phototaxis (GO:0046956)	is_a	phototaxis

Wikipedia: Phototaxis