Term Information

Accession
GO:0050909
Name
sensory perception of taste
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
gustation, sense of taste, taste, taste perception
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The series of events required for an organism to receive a gustatory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Gustation involves the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. This is a neurological process. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0050909 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of sensory perception of taste (GO:0050909)
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sensory perception of taste [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of chemical stimulus (GO:0007606)
Children of sensory perception of taste (GO:0050909)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
sensory perception of sweet taste (GO:0050916) [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of taste
sensory perception of sour taste (GO:0050915) [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of taste
detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of taste (GO:0050912) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  sensory perception of taste
sensory perception of salty taste (GO:0050914) [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of taste
sensory perception of umami taste (GO:0050917) [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of taste
sensory perception of bitter taste (GO:0050913) [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of taste
Wikipedia
Taste