The series of events involved in the perception of touch in which a mechanical stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal.
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perception of touch, detection of mechanical stimulus; perception of touch, sensory detection of mechanical stimulus; perception of touch, sensory transduction of mechanical stimulus; sensory detection of mechanical stimulus during perception of touch; sensory transduction of mechanical stimulus during perception of touch; tactition, sensory detection of mechanical stimulus