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The evolution of selfing in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 24 Aug 2007
Tang Chunlao, Toomajian Christopher, Sherman-Broyles Susan, Plagnol Vincent, Guo Ya-Long, Hu Tina T, Clark Richard M, Nasrallah June B, Weigel Detlef, Nordborg Magnus
Abstract excerpt
Unlike most of its close relatives, Arabidopsis thaliana is capable of self-pollination. In other members of the mustard family, outcrossing is ensured by the complex self-incompatibility (S) locus,which harbors multiple diverged specificity haplotypes that effectively prevent selfing. We investigated the role of the S locus in the evolution of and transition to selfing in A. thaliana. We found that the S locus...
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