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EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 860-866Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12498
Keywords
diallelic self-incompatibility system; Olea europaea L.; Oleaceae; paternity analysis; plant mating systems; symmetry in reciprocal crosses
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Berville et al. express concern about the existence of the diallelic self incompatibility (DSI) system in Olea europaea, mainly because our model does not account for results from previous studies from their group that claimed to have documented asymmetry of the incompatibility response in reciprocal crosses. In this answer to their comment, we present original results based on reciprocal stigma tests that contradict conclusions from these studies. We show that, in our hands, not a single case of asymmetry was confirmed, endorsing that symmetry of incompatibility reactions seems to be the rule in Olive. We discuss three important aspects that were not taken into account in the studies cited in their comments and that can explain the discrepancy: (i) the vast uncertainty around the actual genetic identity of vernacular varieties, (ii) the risk of massive contamination associated with the pollination protocols that they used and (iii) the importance of checking for stigma receptivity in controlled crosses. These studies were thus poorly genetically controlled, and we stand by our original conclusion that Olive tree exhibits DSI.
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