A remarkable example has been discovered of a plant tuning its immune defence against a pathogen. The tuning consists of maximal expression of the relevant genes at the time of day when attack is most likely. See Letter p.110
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McClung, C. Defence at dawn. Nature 470, 44–45 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470044a
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