photoperiodism
id: GO:0009648
name: photoperiodism
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light or dark of a given length, measured relative to a particular duration known as the 'critical day length'. The critical day length varies between species.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0009906 | response to photoperiod, blue light |
GO:0009907 | response to photoperiod, red light |
GO:0043153 | entrainment of circadian clock by photoperiod |
GO:0048571 | long-day photoperiodism |
GO:0048572 | short-day photoperiodism |
GO:0048573 | photoperiodism, flowering |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0009416 | response to light stimulus |