Multiple light inputs to a simple clock circuit allow complex biological rhythms
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Multiple light inputs to a simple clock circuit allow complex biological rhythms
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عنوان ژورنال: The Plant Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0960-7412
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04489.x