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Floral heteromorphy in Primula vulgaris: progress towards isolation and characterization of the S locus.
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2011
Li Jinhong, Webster Margaret A, Smith Matthew C, Gilmartin Philip M
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BACKGROUND: The common primrose, Primula vulgaris, along with many other species of the Primulaceae, exhibits floral heteromorphy in which different individuals develop one of two possible forms of flower, known as pin and thrum. Both flower types are hermaphrodite and exhibit reciprocal positions of male and female reproductive structures, which together with a sporophytic incompatibility system, prevent...
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