detection of light stimulus involved in magnetoreception

id: GO:0050980
name: detection of light stimulus involved in magnetoreception
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events involved in magnetoception in which a light stimulus is received by a cell and converted into a molecular signal. Downstream processing of the light information in addition to other sensory data allows organisms to perceive the orientation of a magnetic field.

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