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Multilocus Sex Determination Revealed in Two Populations of Gynodioecious Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 19 Oct 2015
Ashman Tia-Lynn, Tennessen Jacob A, Dalton Rebecca M, Govindarajulu Rajanikanth, Koski Matthew H, Liston Aaron
Abstract excerpt
Gynodioecy, the coexistence of females and hermaphrodites, occurs in 20% of angiosperm families and often enables transitions between hermaphroditism and dioecy. Clarifying mechanisms of sex determination in gynodioecious species can thus illuminate sexual system evolution. Genetic determination of gynodioecy, however, can be complex and is not fully characterized in any wild species. We used targeted sequence...
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