Background and aims The transition from outcrossing to selfing is a repeated pattern in angiosperm diversification and according to general theory this transition should occur quickly and mixed ...

Biologists provide evidence for an alternative genetic mechanism that can lead to plants becoming self-pollinators. There are flowering plants that have the ability to self-pollinate, meaning that ...

A new gene that controls self-fertilization has been identified in an engineered version of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. A new gene that controls self-fertilization has been identified in an ...