Independent S-locus mutations caused self-fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana.

A common yet poorly understood evolutionary transition among flowering plants is a switch from outbreeding to an inbreeding mode of mating. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana evolved to an inbreeding state through the loss of self-incompatibility, a pollen-rejection system in which pollen recognit...

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Main Authors: Nathan A Boggs, June B Nasrallah, Mikhail E Nasrallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2650789?pdf=render