Sporophytic self-incompatibility genes and mating system variation in Arabis alpina

• Published in: Annals of Botany
• Main Authors: Tedder, A., Ansell, S. W., Lao, X., Vogel, J. C., Mable, B. K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: PART OF A SPECIAL ISSUE ON SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION; Aly; Arctic
• Online Access: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/mcr157v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcr157

Background and Aims Sporophytic self-incompatibility (SI) prevents inbreeding in many members of the Brassicaceae, and has been well documented in a variety of high-profile species. Arabis alpina is currently being developed as a model system for studying the ecological genetics of arctic–alpine env...