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Accession
GO:0050972
Name
detection of mechanical stimulus involved in echolocation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
echolocation, detection of mechanical stimulus, echolocation, sensory detection of mechanical stimulus, echolocation, sensory transduction of mechanical stimulus, sensory detection of mechanical stimulus during echolocation, sensory transduction of mechanical stimulus during echolocation
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Definition
The series of events involved in echolocation in which a mechanical stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal. The stimulus is in the form of a reflected sound wave (an echo), which the organism uses to determine the distance to the object that reflected the sound wave. Source: GOC:ai, GOC:dos
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Parents of detection of mechanical stimulus involved in echolocation (GO:0050972)
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detection of mechanical stimulus involved in echolocation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  echolocation (GO:0050959)
detection of mechanical stimulus involved in echolocation [is_a relation] is_a  detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception (GO:0050974)

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