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Origin and diversification dynamics of self-incompatibility haplotypes.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2011
Gervais Camille E, Castric Vincent, Ressayre Adrienne, Billiard Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic system found in some hermaphrodite plants. Recognition of pollen by pistils expressing cognate specificities at two linked genes leads to rejection of self pollen and pollen from close relatives, i.e., to avoidance of self-fertilization and inbred matings, and thus increased outcrossing. These genes generally have many alleles, yet the conditions allowing the evolution of...
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