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The term self-incompatibility was coined by

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The term self-incompatibility was coined by Stout in 1917. Whereas it was first reported in Verbascum phoeniceum by Koelreuter in the middle of the 18th century.
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms that prevent self-fertilization in sexually reproducing organisms and thus encourage outcrossing and allogamy.
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