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Variability of the self-incompatibility reaction in Brassica oleracea L. with S 15 haplotype.
Sexual plant reproduction - 1 Jun 2010
Hadj-Arab Houria, Chèvre Anne-Marie, Gaude Thierry, Chable Véronique
Abstract excerpt
Self-incompatibility (SI) is thought to have played a key role in the evolution of species as it promotes their outcrossing through the recognition and rejection of self-pollen grains. In most species, SI is under the control of a complex, multiallelic S-locus. The recognition system is associated with quantitative variations of the strength of the SI reaction; the origin of these variations is still not...
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