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Genetic Self-Incompatibility in Oenothera subsect Euoenothera.

W Stubbe, P H Raven

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |April 20, 1979
    PubMed
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    Genetic self-incompatibility, previously unobserved in Oenothera subsect Euoenothera, is now reported in Oenothera grandiflora populations. This finding suggests a potential role in the evolution of complex heterozygotes within this plant group.

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