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| Title |
Circadian regulation of sunflower heliotropism, floral orientation, and pollinator visits
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aaf9793 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hagop S Atamian, Nicky M Creux, Robin Isadora Brown, Austin G Garner, Benjamin K Blackman, Stacey L Harmer |
| Abstract |
Young sunflower plants track the Sun from east to west during the day and then reorient during the night to face east in anticipation of dawn. In contrast, mature plants cease movement with their flower heads facing east. We show that circadian regulation of directional growth pathways accounts for both phenomena and leads to increased vegetative biomass and enhanced pollinator visits to flowers. Solar tracking movements are driven by antiphasic patterns of elongation on the east and west sides of the stem. Genes implicated in control of phototropic growth, but not clock genes, are differentially expressed on the opposite sides of solar tracking stems. Thus, interactions between environmental response pathways and the internal circadian oscillator coordinate physiological processes with predictable changes in the environment to influence growth and reproduction. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 249 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 15% |
| France | 27 | 11% |
| Germany | 10 | 4% |
| Japan | 8 | 3% |
| Spain | 7 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2% |
| India | 4 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 30 | 12% |
| Unknown | 110 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 159 | 64% |
| Scientists | 80 | 32% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 8 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 505 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 492 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 98 | 19% |
| Researcher | 80 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 74 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 40 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 6% |
| Other | 91 | 18% |
| Unknown | 93 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 215 | 43% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 72 | 14% |
| Engineering | 19 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 2% |
| Other | 64 | 13% |
| Unknown | 109 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 986. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 January 2024.
All research outputs
#16,814
of 25,743,152 outputs
Outputs from Science
#833
of 83,271 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#249
of 383,072 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#10
of 1,045 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,743,152 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 83,271 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 65.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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