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Self-incompatibility: Calcium signalling in Brassica

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The involvement of Ca2+ signalling in Brassica self-incompatibility has been a contentious topic. New evidence suggests that stigmas use Ca2+ to signal to incompatible pollen to prevent pollen hydration and self-seed set. Moreover, this may involve a glutamate receptor.

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Figure 1: Advances in our knowledge of self-incompatibility response in the Brassicaceae.

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  1. Noni Franklin-Tong is in the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.,

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Franklin-Tong, N. Self-incompatibility: Calcium signalling in Brassica. Nature Plants 1, 15129 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.129

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