response to external stimulus

id: GO:0009605
name: response to external stimulus
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an external stimulus.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001964startle response
GO:0009581detection of external stimulus
GO:0009606tropism
GO:0009612response to mechanical stimulus
GO:0009649entrainment of circadian clock
GO:0009991response to extracellular stimulus
GO:0042330taxis
GO:0042465kinesis
GO:0043207response to external biotic stimulus
GO:0043476pigment accumulation
GO:0048651polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors
GO:0060004reflex
GO:0071496cellular response to external stimulus

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0050896response to stimulus