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Chemotaxis vs Haptotaxis - What's the difference?

chemotaxis | haptotaxis |

As nouns the difference between chemotaxis and haptotaxis

is that chemotaxis is (biology|biochemistry) the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant while haptotaxis is (biology) the directional motility of cells, usually in a biochemical gradient.

chemotaxis

English

(wikipedia chemotaxis)

Noun

  • (biology, biochemistry) the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant

    • Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    haptotaxis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia haptotaxis)
  • (biology) The directional motility of cells, usually in a biochemical gradient