Identification of a candidate self-incompatibility locus in beet (Beta vulgaris)
This study provides the first genomic evidence for a candidate self-incompatibility locus in beets (Beta vulgaris), identifying T2/S-RNase candidate genes and a complex S-locus on beet chromosome 2. A comparison of self-incompatible and self-compatible beet taxa reveals structural degeneration linked to mating system s...