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WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0007608

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Name Class

GO:0007608Namesensory perception of smell
DefinitionThe series of events required for an organism to receive an olfactory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors. This is a neurological process.
SynonymExactolfaction
scent perception
sense of smell
smell perception
StatusValid
TypeBiological_process
ChildComponentGO:0050911
ParentInstance_ofGO:0007606
Attributes_ofMotifINTERPRO:IPR004117
INTERPRO:IPR009103
INTERPRO:IPR034433
INTERPRO:IPR036727
IndexAncestorGO:0003008
GO:0007600
GO:0007606
GO:0008150
GO:0032501
GO:0050877
DescendantGO:0004984
GO:0038022
GO:0050911
GO:0170020
GO_annotation (11)
VersionGene Ontology releases/2023-11-15