How flowering plants discriminate between self and non-self pollen to prevent inbreeding.

doi:10.1073/pnas.93.22.12059

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How flowering plants discriminate between self and non-self pollen to prevent inbreeding.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Oct 1996

Kao T H, McCubbin A G

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Flowering plants have evolved various genetic mechanisms to circumvent the tendency for self-fertilization created by the close proximity of male and female reproductive organs in a bisexual flower. One such mechanism is gametophytic self-incompatibility, which allows the female reproductive orga...

Topics

Alleles
Genotype
Plant Proteins
Plants
Pollen
Protein Sorting Signals
Reproduction
Ribonucleases

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