detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception

id: GO:0050908
name: detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events involved in visual perception in which a sensory light stimulus is received by a cell and converted into a molecular signal.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009586rhodopsin mediated phototransduction

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009584detection of visible light
GO:0050962detection of light stimulus involved in sensory perception