FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term response to external stimulus ID (Ontology) GO:0009605 (Gene Ontology)
Definition 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.
Also Known As "response to environmental stimulus"
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   |__response to stimulus
       |__response to external stimulus  906 rec.
           |__cellular response to external stimulus 9 rec.
           |   |__cellular response to external biotic stimulus
           |   |__cellular response to mechanical stimulus 9 rec.
           |__detection of external stimulus 93 rec.
           |   |__detection of gravity(+)
           |   |__detection of humidity(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__detection of light stimulus(+) 65 rec.
           |   |__detection of mechanical stimulus(+) 21 rec.
           |   |__detection of temperature stimulus(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__detection of wounding(+) 1 rec.
           |__entrainment of circadian clock 23 rec.
           |   |__entrainment of circadian clock by photoperiod 14 rec.
           |__kinesis
           |   |__chemokinesis
           |   |__klinokinesis
           |   |__orthokinesis
           |__pigment accumulation
           |   |__cellular pigment accumulation(+)
           |   |__melanization of appressorium wall
           |   |__pigment accumulation in response to UV light(+)
           |   |__pigment accumulation in tissues(+)
           |__polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors
           |   |__caste determination, influence by environmental factors
           |__reflex 11 rec.
           |   |__eye blink reflex
           |   |__milk ejection reflex
           |   |__musculoskeletal movement, spinal reflex action
           |   |__pilomotor reflex
           |   |__proboscis extension reflex 11 rec.
           |   |__righting reflex
           |   |__sneeze reflex
           |   |__vestibular reflex(+)
           |__response to environmental enrichment
           |__response to external biotic stimulus 627 rec.
           |   |__cellular response to external biotic stimulus
           |   |__detection of external biotic stimulus(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__response to molecule of bacterial origin(+) 14 rec.
           |   |__response to molecule of fungal origin(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__response to molecule of oomycetes origin(+)
           |   |__response to other organism(+) 627 rec.
           |__response to mechanical stimulus 65 rec.
           |   |__cellular response to mechanical stimulus 9 rec.
           |   |__detection of mechanical stimulus(+) 21 rec.
           |   |__response to auditory stimulus 21 rec.
           |   |__response to muscle stretch(+)
           |   |__response to ultrasound
           |   |__thigmotropism
           |__startle response 6 rec.
           |__tropism
               |__chemotropism
               |__gravitropism(+)
               |__halotropism
               |__hydrotropism
               |__phototropism
               |__thigmotropism
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