Selfing has evolved in animals, fungi, and plants, and since Darwin's pioneering study, it is
considered one of the most frequent evolutionary trends in flowering plants. Generally, the …

Evolutionary transitions between mating systems have occurred repetitively and
independently in flowering plants. One of the most spectacular advances of the recent …

Breakdown of self-incompatibility has frequently been attributed to loss-of-function mutations
of alleles at the locus responsible for recognition of self-pollen (ie the S-locus). However …

Self-incompatibility (SI) is the flowering plant reproductive system in which self pollen tube
growth is inhibited, thereby preventing self-fertilization. SI has evolved independently in …

The genetic breakdown of self-incompatibility (SI) and subsequent mating system shifts to
inbreeding has intrigued evolutionary geneticists for decades. Most of our knowledge is …

The shift from outcrossing to selfing is often accompanied by striking changes in floral
morphology towards a “selfing syndrome”, which is characterized by flowers with reduction …

Uniparental reproduction is advantageous when lack of mates limits outcrossing
opportunities in plants. Baker's law predicts an enrichment of uniparental reproduction in …

The evolution of self-compatibility (SC) is the first step in the evolutionary transition in plants
from outcrossing enforced by self-incompatibility (SI) to self-fertilization. In the Brassicaceae …

Background: Reproduction in angiosperms involves either one or two parents, through
which selfed/cloned or outcrossed progeny is formed, respectively. Uniparental reproduction …

The present disclosure provides a genetic system based on the co-expression of the Lal2
polypeptide and the SCRL polypeptide for conferring self-incompatibility to otherwise self …