Self-incompatibility in flowering plants.

doi:10.1016/0959-437x(95)80033-6

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Self-incompatibility in flowering plants.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Oct 1995

Golz J F, Clarke A E, Newbigin E

Abstract excerpt

Fertilization in flowering plants begins with a pollen grain bearing the male gametes landing on the female stigma. Several mechanisms enable the stigma to discriminate between the different types of pollen that it may receive, of which the best studied is self-incompatibility. The molecules that...

Topics

Fertilization
Genotype
Models, Biological
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plant Proteins
Plants
Pollen
Ribonucleases
Species Specificity

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