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Category:GO:0050959 ! echolocation

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DAG for GO:0050959id: GO:0050959

name: echolocation
namespace: biological_process
def: "Echolocation is the method used by some animals (e.g. bats, dolphins and some whales) to determine the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it. These animals emit sound waves and listen for the echo, calculating the distance to the object from the time lapse between sound emission and the echo returning." [PMID:16005275, Wikipedia:Animal_echolocation]
synonym: "biological sonar" EXACT [1]
synonym: "perception of environment using reflected sound waves" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Echolocation
is_a: GO:0050877 ! nervous system process

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