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TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 128-136Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.01.002
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic barrier to inbreeding that is broadly distributed in angiosperms. In finite populations of SI plants, the loss of S-allele diversity can limit plant reproduction by reducing the availability of compatible mates. Many studies have shown that small or fragmented plant populations suffer from mate limitation. The advent of molecular typing of S-alleles in many species has paved the way to address quantitatively the importance of mate limitation, and to provide greater insight into why and how SI systems breakdown frequently in nature. In this review, we highlight the ecological factors that contribute to mate limitation in SI taxa, discuss their consequences for the evolution and functioning of SI, and propose new empirical research directions.
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