Comparative analysis of the self‐incompatibility (S‐) locus region of Prunus mume: identification of a pollen‐expressed F‐box gene with allelic diversity

Abstract
Background: Self‐incompatibility (SI) in the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Scrophulariaceae is gametophytically controlled by a single polymorphic locus, termed the S‐locus. To date, the only known S‐locu...