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electroception
Term Information
Accession
GO:0050956
Name
electroception
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
electroception sense, electroceptive sense
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None
Definition
The series of events required for an organism to receive an electrical stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Many fish possess an electroception sense; for example, the electric eel uses low voltage pulses of electricity for navigation and prey location.
Source:PMID:10210663,
GOC:ai,
Wikipedia:Electroreception
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