GO_term: GO:0048575   

GO:0048575	Definition	A change from vegetative to reproductive phase as a result of perception of, or exposure to, a period of light that falls short of the critical daylength. The critical daylength varies between species. Although the term is short-day is used, most species actually respond to the duration of the night, so that the response will occur when a period of darkness exceeds the number of hours defined by 24 minus the critical daylength.
	Term	short-day photoperiodism, flowering
	Type	Biological_process
	Child	Component	GO:0048587
	Parent	Instance_of	GO:0048572
			GO:0048573
	Attributes_of	Index	Ancestor (28)
			Descendent (14)

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