FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term visual perception ID (Ontology) GO:0007601 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The series of events required for an organism to receive a visual stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Visual stimuli are detected in the form of photons and are processed to form an image.
Also Known As"sense of sight" ; "sensory visual perception" ; "vision"
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     involved_in | visual perception
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   |__sensory perception of light stimulus
       |__visual perception  21 rec.
           |__detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception 7 rec.
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Wikipedia:Visual_perception