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Kinesis
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Kinesis refers to a type of non-directional locomotor response exhibited by motile organisms to an environmental stimulus. Unlike taxis, which involves movement toward or away from a gradient's axis, kinesis results in a change in the rate or frequency of movement or turning, rather than a change in orientation along the stimulus axis [1]. This behavior is fundamental to understanding how organisms regulate their interaction with heterogeneous environments with…