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Variation for outcrossing in self-incompatible plant populations
Date
April 2023
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Role
PhD Student, Project Lead
I found widespread selfing is possible within self-incompatible Leavenworthia alabamica populations. I used:
- Experimental crosses
- Determined heritability with:
- Parent-offspring regression
- Breeder's equation
- Screened for mutations within the S-locus genes
- Tested for an association between selfing and the S-locus genotype
Found: Widespread heritable, continuous variation for self-compatibility that was not caused by mutations in the the S-locus. Therefore, many non-S-locus genes within the signalling cascade of this trait promote varied levels of selfing in this species.








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