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A complex picture of S-loci is beginning to emerge from recent studies of the S-locus of RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility displayed by the Rosaceae, Solanaceae, and Scrophulariaceae, and of the S-locus of the type of sporophytic self-incompatibility displayed by the Brassicaceae. It now appears that not only do these S-loci contain two separate genes, one controlling pollen function and the other controlling pistil function in self-incompatibility interactions, but also many other genes whose functions are largely unknown. The implications of these recent findings for the study of the mechanisms of self-incompatibililty interactions and evolution of the self-incompatibility systems are discussed.
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Received: 7 January 1999 / Revision accepted: 13 January 1999
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McCubbin, A., Kao, T. The emerging complexity of self-incompatibility (S-) loci. Sex Plant Reprod 12, 1–5 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004970050165
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004970050165