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Delbrück and Reichardt1 have pointed out the possible potential of Phycomyces as an organism for investigating mechanisms of sensory perception. This fungus produces single-celled sporangiophores which are sensitive to light, gravity and stretch. It also shows an avoidance response which is a proclivity to grow away from solid objects. Either tropic responses or changes in rates of growth are produced.
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VILLET, R. Genetic Curing of Blindness in Phycomyces blakesleeanus: a Quantitative Assessment of Dominance. Nature 225, 453–454 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225453a0
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