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-## Test diurnal gene expression of flowering time genes in Bowman and Bowman-derived introgression lines over development.
+## Test gene expression of flowering time genes in Bowman and Bowman-derived introgression lines over development.
 
-Genotypes BW, BW(Ppd-H1), BW(eam7), and BW(Ppd-H1,eam7) were grown under SD conditions. The youngest, fully elongated leaf was sampled at 19, 26, 33, 40, 47, and 59 DAE. 
-
-Gene expression of FT1, FT2, FT3 and VRN1 were tested.
+Genotypes BW, BW(*Ppd-H1*, BW(*eam7*), and BW(*Ppd-H1,eam7*) were grown under SD conditions. The youngest, fully elongated leaf was sampled at 19, 26, 33, 40, 47, and 59 DAE. 
 
+Gene expression of *FT1*, *FT*2, *FT3* and *VRN1* were tested.
 
 **Study overview:**
 
-	input: BW, BW(Ppd-H1), BW(eam7), BW(Ppd-H1,eam7) grown under SD
-
-	-> assay: leaf_sampling
-		output: frozen leaf tissue (3 biol. replicates)
-		
-		-> assay: RNA_extraction
-			output: RNA samples 
-			
-			-> assay: cDNA_synthesis
-				output: cDNA samples
-				
-				-> assay: qRT-PCR
-					output: gene expression data (2 techn. replicates)
-
+```mermaid
+	flowchart TD;
+	A[Bowman and introgression lines] --> |leaf_sampling| B[frozen leaf tissues, 3 biol. replicates]
+	B --> |RNA_extraction| C[RNA samples]
+	C --> |cDNA_synthesis| D[cDNA samples]
+	D --> |qRT-PCR| E[gene expression data, 2 techn. replicates]
+```
 
+**Publication:**
 
 Results can be found in Supplemental Figure S3A-D.
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