Term Name: magnetoreception
Synonyms: magnetoception, sensory perception of magnetic field
Definition: The series of events required for an organism to receive a stimulus relating to a magnetic field, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Stimuli may be chemical, mechanical or electrical and interpreting these stimuli allows an organism to determine the orientation of a magnetic field. Magnetoreception also involves the perception of light; birds cannot orient without the presence of short wavelength (blue/green) light.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050958]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: detection of chemical stimulus involved in magnetoreception detection of electrical stimulus involved in magnetoreception detection of light stimulus involved in magnetoreception detection of mechanical stimulus involved in magnetoreception
is a type of: sensory perception
has subtype: magnetoreception by sensory perception of chemical stimulus magnetoreception by sensory perception of electrical stimulus magnetoreception by sensory perception of mechanical stimulus