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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Main Authors: Kirsten Bomblies, Janne Lempe, Petra Epple, Norman Warthmann, Christa Lanz, Jeffery L Dangl, Detlef Weigel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050236