magnetoreception
id: GO:0050958
name: magnetoreception
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0050977 | magnetoreception by sensory perception of chemical stimulus |
| GO:0050978 | magnetoreception by sensory perception of electrical stimulus |
| GO:0050979 | magnetoreception by sensory perception of mechanical stimulus |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0007600 | sensory perception |
