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mate choice

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Definition

  • [Guang Chen] Mate choice is an essential process during sexual plant reproduction, in which self-incompatibility\ (SI) is widely adopted as an intraspecific reproductive barrier to inhibit self-fertilization by\ many flowering plants. Genetic studies show that a single polymorphic S-locus, encoding at least two\ components from both the pollen and pistil sides, controls the discrimination of self and non-self\ pollen...

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  • mate choices
  • mates choice
  • Mating choice
  • mating choices

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0639

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