Article
Natural variation in circadian period is associated with diverse phenological measures in Boechera stricta.
Annals of botany - 22 Sept 2026
McMinn Rob, Salmela Matti J, Weinig Cynthia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The circadian clock is a time-keeping mechanism that detects and responds to temporal environmental changes. Despite functional hypotheses of circadian resonance, in which the match between endogeneous circadian rhythms and exogenous environmental cycles is presumed to be adaptive, considerable genetic variation is observed in clock parameters. The circadian parameter of period length, for...
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- Circadian Rhythm
- Brassicaceae
- Genetic Variation
- Circadian Clocks
- Seasons
- Flowers
- Altitude
