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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

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An anime character adaptation of a Marchantia embryo (spherical structure) developing within the maternal tissue (green cells). The silenced paternal genome is represented by a blue chromosome on the closed “eyelid”, as well as by the “silence” sign and gesture. The pink chromosome representing the maternal genome is represented inside the open “eye”.

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©GMI/floorfour

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