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De novo sequence assembly and characterization of the floral transcriptome in cross- and self-fertilizing plants.
BMC genomics - 7 Jun 2011
Ness Rob W, Siol Mathieu, Barrett Spencer C H
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BACKGROUND: The shift from cross-fertilization to predominant self-fertilization is among the most common evolutionary transitions in the reproductive biology of flowering plants. Increased inbreeding has important consequences for floral morphology, population genetic structure and genome evolution. The transition to selfing is usually characterized by a marked reduction in flower size and the loss of traits...
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