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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Kirsten Bomblies
PROVIDER: E-ATMX-27 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PLoS biology 20070901 9
Epistatic interactions between genes are a major factor in evolution. Hybrid necrosis is an example of a deleterious phenotype caused by epistatic interactions that is observed in many intra- and interspecific plant hybrids. A large number of hybrid necrosis cases share phenotypic similarities, suggesting a common underlying mechanism across a wide range of plant species. Here, we report that approximately 2% of intraspecific crosses in Arabidopsis thaliana yield F1 progeny that express necrosis ...[more]