Article
Polymorphism at the self-incompatibility locus in Solanaceae predates speciation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Dec 1990
Ioerger T R, Clark A G, Kao T H
Abstract excerpt
Sequences of 11 alleles of the gametophytic self-incompatibility locus (S locus) from three species of the Solanaceae family have recently been determined. Pairwise comparisons of these alleles reveal two unexpected observations: (i) amino acid sequence similarity can be as low as 40% within species and (ii) some interspecific similarities are higher than intraspecific similarities. The gene genealogy clearly...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Genes, Plant
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins
- Plants
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
