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Nature Genetics 33, 168–171 (1 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/ng1085

A thermosensory pathway controlling flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana

Miguel A. Bl|[aacute]|zquez , Ji Hoon Ahn & Detlef Weigel

Onset of flowering is controlled by environmental signals such as light and temperature. Molecular-genetic studies in Arabidopsis thaliana have focused on daily light duration, or photoperiod, and transient exposure to winter-like temperatures, or vernalization.