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. 2009 Jul 27:1:57.
doi: 10.3410/B1-57.

The dark side of clock-controlled flowering

Vicente Rubio  1 , Xing Wang Deng
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The dark side of clock-controlled flowering

Vicente Rubio et al. F1000 Biol Rep. .

Abstract

Perception of seasonal changes in day length allows plants to properly maintain daily biological rhythms and determine the most favorable time for flowering. Important knowledge has been gained recently on the molecular basis of this process, which depends not only on light perception at certain times of day but also on its dark phase.

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Figure 1.. Photoreceptor-mediated signaling pathways converge to allow clock resetting by light and photoperiodic flowering
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