FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term detection of light stimulus ID (Ontology) GO:0009583 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The series of events in which a light stimulus (in the form of photons) is received and converted into a molecular signal.
Also Known As "detection of light"
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response to radiation
 |__response to light stimulus______
response to external stimulus       |
 |__detection of external stimulus__|
response to abiotic stimulus        |
 |__detection of abiotic stimulus___|
detection of stimulus               |
 |__detection of external stimulus__|
 |__detection of abiotic stimulus___|
                                    detection of light stimulus  65 rec.
                                     |__detection of light stimulus involved in sensory perception 10 rec.
                                     |   |__detection of light stimulus involved in magnetoreception 1 rec.
                                     |   |__detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception 7 rec.
                                     |__detection of UV 6 rec.
                                     |   |__phototransduction, UV 5 rec.
                                     |__detection of visible light 30 rec.
                                     |   |__phototransduction, visible light 29 rec.
                                     |__phototransduction 60 rec.
                                         |__G protein-coupled opsin signaling pathway(+) 23 rec.
                                         |__phototransduction, UV 5 rec.
                                         |__phototransduction, visible light 29 rec.
                                         |__red, far-red light phototransduction
                                         |__UV-A, blue light phototransduction 2 rec.
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  • "detection of light" EXACT
    "perception of light" RELATED
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