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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-six individuals of the sporophytic self-incompatible (SSI) weed, Senecio squalidus were crossed in a full diallel to determine the number and frequency of S alleles in an Oxford population. Incompatibility phenotypes were determined by fruit-set results and the mating patterns observed fitted a SSI model that allowed us to identify six S alleles. Standard population S allele number estimators were modified to deal with S allele data from a species with SSI. These modified estimators predicted a total number of approximately six S alleles for the entire Oxford population of S. squalidus. This estimate of S allele number is low compared to other estimates of S allele diversity in species with SSI. Low S allele diversity in S. squalidus is expected to have arisen as a consequence of a disturbed population history since its introduction and subsequent colonisation of the British Isles. Other features of the SSI system in S. squalidus were also investigated: (a) the strength of self-incompatibility response; (b) the nature of S allele dominance interactions; and (c) the relative frequencies of S phenotypes. These are discussed in view of the low S allele diversity estimates and the known population history of S. squalidus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0018-067X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
430-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The population genetics of sporophytic self-incompatibility in Senecio squalidus L. (Asteraceae) I: S allele diversity in a natural population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't