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Plant self-incompatibility in natural populations: a critical assessment of recent theoretical and empirical advances.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2004
Castric Vincent, Vekemans Xavier
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Self-incompatibility systems in plants are genetic systems that prevent self-fertilization in hermaphrodites through recognition and rejection of pollen expressing the same allelic specificity as that expressed in the pistils. The evolutionary properties of these self-recognition systems have been revealed through a fascinating interplay between empirical advances and theoretical developments. In 1939, Wright...
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