Evolution: An exception that proves the rule

Authors
Charlesworth, D
Citation
D. Charlesworth, Evolution: An exception that proves the rule, CURR BIOL, 11(1), 2001, pp. R13-R15
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
R13 - R15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20010109)11:1<R13:EAETPT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A careful comparative analysis suggests a simple explanation for a category of exceptions to the general correlation between separate sexes in plants - dioecy and self-incompatibility. In some genera, polyploidy causes failur e of self-incompatibility, and dioecy may then evolve.