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Breakdown of self-incompatibility in a natural population of Petunia axillaris caused by loss of pollen function.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2003
Tsukamoto Tatsuya, Ando Toshio, Takahashi Koichi, Omori Takahiro, Watanabe Hitoshi, Kokubun Hisashi, Marchesi Eduardo, Kao Teh-hui
Abstract excerpt
Although Petunia axillaris subsp. axillaris is described as a self-incompatible taxon, some of the natural populations we have identified in Uruguay are composed of both self-incompatible and self-compatible plants. Here, we studied the self-incompatibility (SI) behavior of 50 plants derived from such a mixed population, designated U83, and examined the cause of the breakdown of SI. Thirteen plants were found to...
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