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Why do plants have photoreceptors? What selective advantage does the possession of phytochrome and the blue(B)/UV-absorbing photoreceptor confer? Does the operation of the photoreceptors in plants growing in the natural environment reflect what we have learnt about them from laboratory experiments?
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Smith, H. (1986). The perception of light quality. In: Kendrick, R.E., Kronenberg, G.H.M. (eds) Photomorphogenesis in plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2624-5_10
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