Mating-system evolution: rise of the irresistible males.
Mating-system models have struggled to account for the high frequency of males found with hermaphrodites in a common Mediterranean shrub. The discovery of its unusual self-incompatibility system now provides an elegant and unexpected solution to the puzzle.
Pannell
John R
JR
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK. john.pannell@plants.ox.ac.uk
Korbecka
Grazyna
G
D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D054817:Pollination; D012098:Reproduction