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ArticleNature plants2020

Evolution of self-compatibility by a mutant S

Mei Liang, Zonghong Cao, Andan Zhu, Yuanlong Liu, Mengqin Tao, Huayan Yang, Qiang Xu, Shaohua Wang, Junjie Liu, Yongping Li and 12 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Mei LiangKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Zonghong CaoKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Andan ZhuGermplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China.
Yuanlong LiuState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Mengqin TaoKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Huayan YangKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Qiang XuKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Shaohua WangInstitute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China.
Junjie LiuKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Yongping LiKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Chuanwu ChenGuangxi Key Laboratory of Citrus Biology, Guangxi Academy of Specialty Crops, Guilin, P. R. China.
Zongzhou XieKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Chongling DengGuangxi Key Laboratory of Citrus Biology, Guangxi Academy of Specialty Crops, Guilin, P. R. China.
Junli YeKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Wenwu GuoKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Qiang XuKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Rui XiaState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-1181
Robert M LarkinKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.
Xiuxin DengKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-4514
Maurice BoschInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1990-589X
Vernonica E Franklin-TongSchool of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1782-8413
Lijun ChaiKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China. chailijun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-2443

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P005489/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important mechanism that prevents self-fertilization and inbreeding in flowering plants. The most widespread SI system utilizes S ribonucleases (S-RNases) and S-locus F-boxes (SLFs) as S determinants. In citrus, SI is ancestral, and Citrus maxima (pummelo) is self-incompatible, while Citrus reticulata (mandarin) and its hybrids are self-compatible (SC). Here, we identify nine highly polymorphic pistil-specific, developmentally expressed S-RNases from pummelo that segregate with S haplotypes in a gametophytic manner and cluster with authentic S-RNases. We provide evidence that these S-RNases function as the female S determinants in citrus. Moreover, we show that each S-RNase is linked to approximately nine SLFs. In an analysis of 117 citrus SLF and SFL-like (SLFL) genes, we reveal that they cluster into 12 types and that the S-RNases and intra-haplotypic SLF and SLFL genes co-evolved. Our data support the notion that citrus have a S locus comprising a S-RNase and several SLFs that fit the non-self-recognition model. We identify a predominant single nucleotide mutation, S

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Biological EvolutionMutationCitrusPlant ProteinsReproductionRibonucleasesPlant ProteinsRibonucleases

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