FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term sensory perception of smell ID (Ontology) GO:0007608 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The series of events required for an organism to receive an olfactory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors. This is a neurological process.
Also Known As "olfaction" ; "scent perception" ; "sense of smell" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS     116
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 sensory perception of smell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1    116
     acts_upstream_of | sensory perception of smell       --       1
     involved_in | sensory perception of smell       --     115
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   |__sensory perception of chemical stimulus
       |__sensory perception of smell  131 rec.
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  • "olfaction" EXACT
    "scent perception" EXACT
    "sense of smell" EXACT
    "smell perception" EXACT
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Wikipedia:Olfaction