Autoimmune Response as a Mechanism for a Dobzhansky-Muller-Type Incompatibility Syndrome in Plants.

Authors :: Bomblies, Kirsten
Lempe, Janne
Epple, Petra
Warthmann, Norman
Lanz, Christa
Dangl, Jeffery L
Weigel, Detlef
Source :: PLoS Biology; Sep2007, Vol. 5 Issue 9, pe236-e236, 11p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Sometimes, genes that are innocuous in the parents are deleterious when combined in the offspring. Here, some genes involved in hybrid necrosis in plants have been identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: IMMUNE response
PLANT species
DISEASE resistance of plants
NECROSIS
GENES
HABITATS

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