Term Information

Accession
GO:0048573
Name
photoperiodism, flowering
Ontology
biological_process
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
Alternate IDs
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Definition
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. Source: ISBN:0697037754, ISBN:0709408862, ISBN:0582015952, GOC:jid, GOC:pj
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0048573 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of photoperiodism, flowering (GO:0048573)
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photoperiodism, flowering [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem (GO:0010228)
photoperiodism, flowering [is_a relation] is_a  photoperiodism (GO:0009648)
photoperiodism, flowering [is_a relation] is_a  reproductive process (GO:0022414)
Children of photoperiodism, flowering (GO:0048573)
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short-day photoperiodism, flowering (GO:0048575) [is_a relation] is_a  photoperiodism, flowering
long-day photoperiodism, flowering (GO:0048574) [is_a relation] is_a  photoperiodism, flowering
regulation of photoperiodism, flowering (GO:2000028) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  photoperiodism, flowering
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