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Interspecific reproductive barriers in the tomato clade: opportunities to decipher mechanisms of reproductive isolation

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The tomato clade within the genus Solanum has numerous advantages for mechanistic studies of reproductive isolation. Its thirteen closely related species, along with four closely allied Solanum species, provide a defined group with diverse mating systems that display complex interspecific reproductive barriers. Several kinds of pre- and postzygotic barriers have already been identified within this clade. Well-developed genetic maps, introgression lines, interspecific bridging lines, and the newly available draft genome sequence of the domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) are valuable tools for the genetic analysis of interspecific reproductive barriers. The excellent chromosome morphology of these diploid species allows detailed cytological analysis of interspecific hybrids. Transgenic methodologies, well developed in the Solanaceae, allow the functional testing of candidate reproductive barrier genes as well as live imaging of pollen rejection events through the use of fluorescently tagged proteins. Proteomic and transcriptomics approaches are also providing new insights into the molecular nature of interspecific barriers. Recent progress toward understanding reproductive isolation mechanisms using these molecular and genetic tools is assessed in this review.

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Abbreviations

SC:

Self-compatible

SI:

Self-incompatible

UI:

Unilateral incongruity

cv:

Cultivar

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, grant number DBI-0605200. We thank Ms. Ashley Denney and Ms. Margaret Fleming for helpful editing.

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  1. Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1878, USA

    Patricia A. Bedinger, Stephen M. Stack, You Soon Baek, Paul A. Covey & Suzanne Royer

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Roger T. Chetelat & Wentao Li

  3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

    Bruce McClure & Aruna Kumar

  4. Department of Biology, University of Indiana, Jordan Hall, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405-3700, USA

    Leonie C. Moyle

  5. Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Jocelyn K. C. Rose & Gloria Lopez-Casado

  6. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/OARDC, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA

    Esther van der Knaap & Reynaldo Nunez

  7. Departmento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04150, Mexico

    Felipe Cruz-Garcia

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Bedinger, P.A., Chetelat, R.T., McClure, B. et al. Interspecific reproductive barriers in the tomato clade: opportunities to decipher mechanisms of reproductive isolation. Sex Plant Reprod 24, 171–187 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00497-010-0155-7

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