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SELF-COMPATIBILITY is rare in marrow-stem kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) and usually occurs only in plants which have S alleles low in the dominance series. In such plants, genes, independent of the S alleles, determine self-compatibility1. In other botanical varieties of B. oleracea self-compatibility is common and this suggests that these varieties might have the S alleles of low dominance found in marrow-stem kale.
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THOMPSON, K., TAYLOR, J. Identical S Alleles in Different Botanical Varieties of Brassica oleracea. Nature 208, 306–307 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208306b0
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