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Molecular genetics, physiology and biology of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae.
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences - 1 Jan 2012
Watanabe Masao, Suwabe Keita, Suzuki Go
Abstract excerpt
Self-incompatibility (SI) is defined as the inability to produce zygotes after self-pollination in a fertile hermaphrodite plant, which has stamens and pistils in the same flower. This structural organization of the hermaphrodite flower increases the risk of self-pollination, leading to low genetic diversity. To avoid this problem plants have established several pollination systems, among which the most elegant...
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