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Adaptive reduction of male gamete number in the selfing plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nature communications - 8 Jun 2020
Tsuchimatsu Takashi, Kakui Hiroyuki, Yamazaki Misako, Marona Cindy, Tsutsui Hiroki, Hedhly Afif, Meng Dazhe, Sato Yutaka, Städler Thomas, Grossniklaus Ueli, Kanaoka Masahiro M, Lenhard Michael, Nordborg Magnus, Shimizu Kentaro K
Abstract excerpt
The number of male gametes is critical for reproductive success and varies between and within species. The evolutionary reduction of the number of pollen grains encompassing the male gametes is widespread in selfing plants. Here, we employ genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify underlying loci and to assess the molecular signatures of selection on pollen number-associated loci in the predominantly...
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