chemotactic
adjective
che·mo·tac·tic
ˌkē-mō-ˈtak-tik 
: involving, inducing, or exhibiting chemotaxis
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Autonomous motion can demonstrate numerous significant characteristics such as transduction of chemical potential into work without heat, chemosensitive motion, chemotactic and phototactic motions, and pulse-like motion with periodicities responding to the chemical environment.
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Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2010
Sperm from sneaker male squids exhibit chemotactic swarming to CO₂.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
These signaling events elicit Ca(2+)-dependent turning behavior, resulting in chemotactic swarming.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2010
Sperm from sneaker male squids exhibit chemotactic swarming to CO₂.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
These signaling events elicit Ca(2+)-dependent turning behavior, resulting in chemotactic swarming.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
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