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Dorota Paczesniak

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This new paper - published today in Nature - describes a unique reproductive system, where in spite of sexual reproduction with meiosis and fertilization that lead to seed production, the resulting offspring are all genetically identical to the mother (like in asexual reproduction).

How does it happen?

There are no crossovers in either male or female meiosis (achiasmy), certain haplotypes are preferentially transmitted through both pollen and egg (meiotic drive), and there is strong post-zygotic selection that removes recombinant and homozygous seeds leaving only the offspring genetically identical to the mother. This is a really unique system and described here for the first time, in a South American plant species 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴.

Congratulations to all the authors!

Thanks @marques_et_al for trusting my illustration skills - I’m so happy to be a part of this and have contributed to illustrations and figure design. by @dorotdesigns

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Thanks @maurineneiman for sending my t-shirt! I love how the colours turned out 🌈🐌
In case you are - like us - a fan of rainbow snails, there are more products with these scientific heroes/queer icons in my redbubble shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/DorotDesigns/shop by @dorotdesigns

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Not only stickers, but shirts, stationery, phone cases or even socks! The iconic queer snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, for all your rainbow snail needs https://www.redbubble.com/people/DorotDesigns/shop by @dorotdesigns

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Rainbow snail sticker? Yes please! Head to my Redbubble store to get them: https://www.redbubble.com/people/DorotDesigns/shop

This iconic queer snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, defies binary classifications. Females can produce offspring with or without males, and there are different kinds of males too - some of them are sons of asexual females. They are scientific heroes too - they are models for evolutionary biology research which aims to understand why organisms reproduce sexually (while asexual cloning is faster and more efficient). They are also models for research on biological invasions, as some asexual clones spread globally from their native New Zealand. Check out my collection of rainbow snails in five different colours! Featuring an extremely rare, sinistral (left-handed) coiling snail in blue. by @dorotdesigns

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These t-shirts with my design for Maurine Neiman’s lab are about to drop 😁 I can’t wait to try mine on! #SciArt by @dorotdesigns

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Last year, I designed a set of learning materials for the Conservation Genetics Workshop, a course aimed at practitioners working in biodiversity conservation. They are available in German, French, Italian, and English under a CC BY license: free to use, share, and modify.

They address three main topics:
1. types of molecular markers 🧬,
2. the meaning and relevance of essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) 🐞🌳,
3. best practices for transdisciplinary project planning 📑.

🔗 link to the project on my portfolio: https://www.behance.net/gallery/229442199/Conservation-genetics-workshop-infographics

Authors: Buser CN, Weber AAT, Feulner PGD, Richman S, Fischer MC, Grossen C, Naciri Y, Paczesniak D, Paerli R, Reutimann O, Tschan J, Widmer A, Gugerli F

Conceptual lead: Corine N. Buser, graphic design and illustration: Dorota Paczesniak

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I can help you illustrate your research with effective figures, graphical abstracts, and infographics

Drawing to explain and inspire by @dorotdesigns

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This summer I made a lot of vocabulary cards to learn new words in Finnish 🇫🇮 Do you know any of them? I learned a lot and had a fun drawing practice too! #suomenkieli #vocabulary #learningfinnish by @dorotdesigns

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To celebrate Pride Month, here's an iconic queer snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Defying binary classifications, females produce offspring with or without males. There are different kinds of males, too - some of them are sons of asexual females.
Science gets better when we appreciate the diversity and complexity of nature.

This snail silhouette is available to download from PhyloPic, free to use and modify.
#PrideMonth #scientificillustration #illustration #pride🌈
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I can help you illustrate your research with effective figures, graphical abstracts, and infographics

Drawing to explain and inspire by @dorotdesigns

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How is fertilisation different between flowering plants 🌺 and naked-seed plants, like conifers 🌲?

This illustration, comparing fertilisation in angiosperms (A) and gymnosperms (B), has been commissioned by Tanja Pyhäjärvi and Robert Kesälahti from the University of Helsinki.

It is now freely available on Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY 4.0 licence, free to share and remix with attribution.
Link: bit.ly/4w9pyhq

I hope it will be used widely, so please share it with other educators!

#botanicalillustration #botany #plants #ccby #scientificillustration A graphic showing a fragment of an illustration with some text below on a cheerful yellow background. The text reads: Botanical illustration: Comparison between fertilisation in angiosperms and gymnosperms by @dorotdesigns

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It’s the spring flower season in the south of Finland!

Anemone nemorosa
Hepatica nobilis

#flowers #springflowers by @dorotdesigns

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Oh, what joy to draw seed development again for this recent illustration! I’m open for commissions, so do get in touch if you need scientific illustrations, infographics or other visuals.
This is a fragment of my recent illustration comparing seed development in angiosperms and gymnosperms
#scientificillustration #botanicalillustration #scientificillustrator A fragment of a scientific illustration comparing seed development in angiosperms and gymnosperms by @dorotdesigns

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It’s here! Such a thrill to hold the book in my hands: “The Communicating Scientist” with my illustrations inside. It’s the kind of book I wish I had when I was a PhD student, and I’m glad to have it as a reference as a communications professional #SciComm #illustration #scientificillustration #graphicdesign by @dorotdesigns

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