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Accession
GO:0050958
Name
magnetoreception
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
magnetoception, sensory perception of magnetic field
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The series of events required for an organism to receive a stimulus relating to a magnetic field, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Stimuli may be chemical, mechanical or electrical and interpreting these stimuli allows an organism to determine the orientation of a magnetic field. Magnetoreception also involves the perception of light; birds cannot orient without the presence of short wavelength (blue/green) light. Source: PMID:15886990, Wikipedia:Magnetoception, GOC:ai
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of magnetoreception (GO:0050958)
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magnetoreception [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception (GO:0007600)
Children of magnetoreception (GO:0050958)
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detection of light stimulus involved in magnetoreception (GO:0050980) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  magnetoreception
magnetoreception by sensory perception of mechanical stimulus (GO:0050979) [is_a relation] is_a  magnetoreception
magnetoreception by sensory perception of chemical stimulus (GO:0050977) [is_a relation] is_a  magnetoreception
magnetoreception by sensory perception of electrical stimulus (GO:0050978) [is_a relation] is_a  magnetoreception
Wikipedia
Magnetoception