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CHEMO‐ORIENTATION
Author(s) -
BELL WILLAM J.,
TOBIN THOMAS R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
biological reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.993
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1469-185X
pISSN - 1464-7931
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1982.tb00369.x
Subject(s) - organism , phyletic gradualism , orientation (vector space) , biology , neuroscience , biological system , phylogenetics , genetics , geometry , mathematics , gene
Summary 1. A new classification system for chemo‐orientation mechanisms is suggested, based on delineating (a) internal and external orientation information available to an organism, (b) mode of information processing, (c) type of motor output pattern, and (d) guidance systems that modulate or direct motor output. 2. Cross‐phyletic comparison of chemo‐orientation indicates that morphology, to a greater extent than phylogeny, determines the kind of chemo‐orientation mechanisms available to an organism. Analogies are drawn between single‐celled organisms with surface chemical receptor sites and higher organisms with elaborate chemosensory organs and nervous systems.