Hybrid incompatibility: when opposites attract with a fatal outcome

Curr Biol. 2006 Jul 25;16(14):R542-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.041.

Abstract

Why do crosses between closely related species fail? Recent results suggest that mis-regulation of gene silencing contributes to hybrid failure.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / anatomy & histology
  • Arabidopsis / embryology
  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Gene Silencing
  • Genome, Plant
  • Genomic Imprinting
  • Hybridization, Genetic / physiology*
  • Polyploidy
  • Reproduction
  • Seeds / anatomy & histology
  • Seeds / genetics
  • Seeds / growth & development