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 Gesa Helmsorig, Agatha Walla, Thea Rütjes, Gabriele Buchmann, Rebekka Schüller, Götz Hensel, Maria von Korff, early maturity 7 promotes early flowering by controlling the light input into the circadian clock in barley, Plant Physiology, Volume 194, Issue 2, February 2024, Pages 849–866
 
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