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Self-incompatibility: theoretical concepts and evolution

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Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants

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Genetically determined self-incompatibility has arisen many times in the course of evolution, and there is a broad diversity of mechanisms by which these loci prevent self-fertilization (de Nettancourt 1977). Population geneticists have provided a rich theory for the origin and maintenance of genetically-determined self-incompatibility, and the problem is sufficiently intricate that there remain many unanswered questions about the evolution of self-incompatibility. Recent progress in the molecular basis for self-incompatibility has revealed common features, including highly divergent molecular sequences of alleles. High allelic sequence divergence has been observed in mating system genes of Neurospora (Glass et al. 1988), Ustilago (Schulz et al. 1990), sporophytic incompatibility loci in Brassica (Nasrallah et al. 1985, 1987; Nasrallah and Nasrallah 1989), and the gametophytic self-incompatibility locus in Solanaceae (Ioerger et al. 1990; Newbigin et al. (Chapter 1), this volume). This chapter will focus on the gametophytic system of self-incompatibility in Solanaceae. A more general review of the evolution of self-incompatibility, including the special case of heterostyly, can be found in Barrett (1988; see also Barrett (Chapter 10), this volume).

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Clark, A.G., Kao, TH. (1994). Self-incompatibility: theoretical concepts and evolution. In: Williams, E.G., Clarke, A.E., Knox, R.B. (eds) Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants. Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1669-7_11

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