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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
entrainment of circadian clock by photoperiod  
long-day photoperiodism +   
photoperiodism, flowering +  
A change from the vegetative to the reproductive phase as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light or dark of a given length. The length of the period of light or dark required to initiate the change is set relative to a particular duration known as the 'critical day length'. The critical day length varies between species.
response to photoperiod, blue light 
response to photoperiod, red light 
short-day photoperiodism +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: photoperiodic control of flowering time ;   photoperiodic control of inflorescence development ;   response to day length, flowering ;   response to night length, flowering ;   response to photoperiod, flowering
Only In Taxon: NCBITaxon:3398 ! Magnoliophyta
Definition Sources: GOC:jid, GOC:pj, ISBN:0582015952, ISBN:0697037754, ISBN:0709408862

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