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SUBMITTER: Liu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1861850 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Pei P Sherman-Broyles Susan S Nasrallah Mikhail E ME Nasrallah June B JB
Current biology : CB 20070405 8
Breakdown of the pollination barrier of self-incompatibility (SI) in older flowers, a phenomenon known as pseudo-self-compatibility or transient SI, has been described as an advantageous reproductive assurance strategy that allows selfing after opportunities for out-crossing have been exhausted [1-9]. Pseudo-self-compatibility is quite prevalent as a mixed mating strategy in nature, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not known. We had previously shown that Arabidopsis thaliana exhibits ...[more]