AmiGO 2: Term Details for "response to external stimulus" (GO:0009605)

Accession: GO:0009605
Name: response to external stimulus
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: response to environmental stimulus
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an external stimulus. Source: GOC:hb
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History: See term history for GO:0009605 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: gocheck_do_not_annotate; goslim_drosophila; goslim_plant
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subject	relation	object
response to external stimulus	is_a	response to stimulus (GO:0050896)

subject	relation	object
response to extracellular stimulus (GO:0009991)	is_a	response to external stimulus
positive regulation of response to external stimulus (GO:0032103)	RO:0002213	response to external stimulus
regulation of response to external stimulus (GO:0032101)	RO:0002211	response to external stimulus
polyphenic determination, influence by environmental factors (GO:0048651)	is_a	response to external stimulus
entrainment of circadian clock (GO:0009649)	is_a	response to external stimulus
negative regulation of response to external stimulus (GO:0032102)	RO:0002212	response to external stimulus
taxis (GO:0042330)	BFO:0000050	response to external stimulus
kinesis (GO:0042465)	is_a	response to external stimulus
startle response (GO:0001964)	is_a	response to external stimulus
cellular response to external stimulus (GO:0071496)	is_a	response to external stimulus
response to environmental enrichment (GO:0090648)	is_a	response to external stimulus
reflex (GO:0060004)	is_a	response to external stimulus
tropism (GO:0009606)	is_a	response to external stimulus
pigment accumulation (GO:0043476)	is_a	response to external stimulus
response to mechanical stimulus (GO:0009612)	is_a	response to external stimulus
response to external biotic stimulus (GO:0043207)	is_a	response to external stimulus
detection of external stimulus (GO:0009581)	is_a	response to external stimulus

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