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Diversity of S-alleles and mate availability in 3 populations of self-incompatible wild pear (Pyrus pyraster).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Hoebee S E, Angelone S, Csencsics D, Määttänen K, Holderegger R
Abstract excerpt
Small populations of self-incompatible plants may be expected to be threatened by the limitation of compatible mating partners (i.e., S-Allee effect). However, few empirical studies have explicitly tested the hypothesis of mate limitation in small populations of self-incompatible plants. To do so, we studied wild pear (Pyrus pyraster), which possesses a gametophytic self-incompatibility system. We determined the...
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