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Preferred Label : gravitropism;

MeSH definition : The directional growth of organisms in response to gravity. In plants, the main root is positively gravitropic (growing downwards) and a main stem is negatively gravitropic (growing upwards), irrespective of the positions in which they are placed. Plant gravitropism is thought to be controlled by auxin (AUXINS), a plant growth substance. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990);

MeSH synonym : gravitropisms;

MeSH hyponym : geotropism; Geotropisms;

MeSH annotation : directional growth of a plant in response to gravity;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitropism;

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The directional growth of organisms in response to gravity. In plants, the main root is positively gravitropic (growing downwards) and a main stem is negatively gravitropic (growing upwards), irrespective of the positions in which they are placed. Plant gravitropism is thought to be controlled by auxin (AUXINS), a plant growth substance. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)

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