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Molecular basis of sporophytic self- incompatibility in Senecio squalidus
Reference
P15029
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Simon Hiscock
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Bristol
Department
Biological Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
172,244
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/09/2001
End date
01/09/2004
Duration
36 months
Abstract
A novel family of stigmatic proteins (SSPs) associated specific S alleles has been identified in Senecio squalidus. It is proposed to clone and characterise SSP genes and investigate their expression and the synthesis of localization of SSP proteins in SI plants, a self-compatible mutant and in pseudo-self- compatible plants with weakened SI. This study will establish whether SSPs are linked to the S locus and play a role in SSI in the Asteraceae. These experiments will provide new and important insights into the molecular basis of SSI in a large and economically important family of flowering plants that has never been the subject of a molecular genetic study of SI.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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Research Priority
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