Autoimmune response as a mechanism for a Dobzhansky-Muller-type incompatibility syndrome in plants.
Epistatic interactions between genes are a major factor in evolution. Hybrid necrosis is an example of a deleterious phenotype caused by epistatic interactions that is observed in many intra- and interspecific plant hybrids. A large number of hybrid necrosis cases share phenotypic similarities, sugg...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050236 |