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ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2024

Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism.

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

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Review in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A clock for all seasons.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024
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Charlotte Helfrich-FörsterNeurobiology and Genetics, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. charlotte.foerster@uni-wuerzburg.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 1936, Erwin Bünning published his groundbreaking work that the endogenous clock is used to measure day length for initiating photoperiodic responses. His publication triggered years of controversial debate until it ultimately became the basic axiom of rhythm research and the theoretical pillar of chronobiology. Bünning's thesis is frequently quoted in the articles in this special issue on the subject of "A clock for all seasons". However, nowadays only few people know in detail about Bünning's experiments and almost nobody knows about the contribution of his former doctoral student, Wolfgang Engelmann, to his theory because most work on this topic is published in German. The aim of this review is to give an overview of the most important experiments at that time, including Wolfgang Engelmann's doctoral thesis, in which he demonstrated the importance of the circadian clock for photoperiodic flower induction in the Flaming Katy, Kalanchoë blossfeldiana, but not in the Red Morning Glory, Ipomoea coccinea.

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Circadian ClocksPhotoperiodAnimalsCircadian RhythmHistory, 20th CenturyCircadian clockErwin BünningKalanchoë blossfeldianaPhaseolus multiflorusPhotoperiodismWolfgang Engelmann

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PMID38805044
PMCPMC11226508

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