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Re: [OM] phototaxis

Subject: Re: [OM] phototaxis
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:20:29 -0500
So, how much do these photo taxis charge per mile? (or Kilometer)

Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa

Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 
> >The movement of plants toward a light source is called phototaxis.
> >
> >-- Hank
> 
> That agrees with my dictionary and is, I think, the answer to the
> original question which concerned movement rather than
> growth(tropism) toward the light. It also lists photoomism which is
> the tendency to point OMs toward objects that are lit. There is an
> inverse relationship noted, that fewer OMs there are in a group the
> more they are pointed. The more OMs, the tendency is for them to
> inhabit dark places like bags and cabinets and be attacked by
> aggressive fungi.
> --
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California, USA
> mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
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