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Identification of the pollen self-incompatibility determinant in Papaver rhoeas.
Nature - 18 Jun 2009
Wheeler Michael J, de Graaf Barend H J, Hadjiosif Natalie, Perry Ruth M, Poulter Natalie S, Osman Kim, Vatovec Sabina, Harper Andrea, Franklin F Christopher H, Franklin-Tong Vernonica E
Abstract excerpt
Higher plants produce seed through pollination, using specific interactions between pollen and pistil. Self-incompatibility is an important mechanism used in many species to prevent inbreeding; it is controlled by a multi-allelic S locus. 'Self' (incompatible) pollen is discriminated from 'non-self' (compatible) pollen by interaction of pollen and pistil S locus components, and is subsequently inhibited. In...
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