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S-allele diversity suggests no mate limitation in small populations of a self-incompatible plant.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2008
Holderegger Rolf, Häner Raphael, Csencsics Daniela, Angelone Sonia, Hoebee Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Small populations of self-incompatible plants are assumed to be threatened by a limitation of compatible mating partners due to low genetic diversity at the self-incompatibility (S) locus. In contrast, we show by using a PCR-RFLP approach for S-genotype identification that 15 small populations (N = 8-88) of the rare wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) displayed no mate limitation. S-allele diversity within populations was...
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