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Dominance modifier: Expanding mate options

A new player and mode of action has been discovered in the creation of a dominance hierarchy in the Brassicaceae self-incompatibility system.

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Figure 1: Proposed action of dominance modifiers in Brassicaceae self-incompatibility.

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Goring, D. Dominance modifier: Expanding mate options. Nature Plants 3, 16210 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.210

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