photophilic


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photophilic

 [fo″to-fil´ik]
thriving in light.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

photophilic

(fō′tə-fĭl′ĭk) also

photophilous

(fō-tŏf′ə-ləs)
adj. Biology
Growing or functioning best in strong light.
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It is possible that in infected individuals the level of serotonin due to increased temperature and parasitic infection combine in the gammarid brain to produce a higher photophilic response.
Temperature-related intraspecific variability in the behavioral manipulation of acanthocephalan parasites on their gammarid hosts
In all the experiments described herein, I used a simple robot-control program, which essentially implements a photophilic Braitenberg vehicle (Braitenberg 1984).
Control Program for the Photophilic Robot, Which Sets the Left and Right Motor Speed Values as a Function of the Six Frontal Light Sensors (Numbered 0-5).
On the origin of environments by means of natural selection. (Articles)
The "forests" of upright seaweeds create conditions on the substrate that prevent the growth of other seaweeds that need a lot of light to grow (photophilic), but favor those that prefer low light intensity (sciaphilic).
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Uninfected Gammarus lacustris, Hyalella azteca, and Gammarus pulex are photophobic and negatively phototactic, but infection with various orange Acanthocephala species reversed their photoreaction: they became photophilic and positively phototactic.
Parasite-induced changes in behavior and color make Gammarus pulex more prone to fish predation
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