Placental, Matrilineal, and Epigenetic Mechanisms Promoting Environmentally Adaptive Development of the Mammalian Brain by Kevin D. Broad, Eridan Rocha-Ferreira, Mariya Hristova

“…A range of evolutionary adaptations associated with placentation transfers disproportionate control of this process to the matriline, a period unique in mammalian development in that there are three matrilineal genomes interacting in the same organism at the same time (maternal, foetal, and postmeiotic oocytes). …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome sequence analysis revealed double matrilineal components in Indian Ghoongroo pigs by Pranab Jyoti Das, Satish Kumar, Manasee Choudhury, Seema Rani Pegu, K. Meera, Rajib Deb, Sunil Kumar, Santanu Banik, Vivek Kumar Gupta

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Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings by Alessandro Mancuso

“…Taking the contemporary rethinking of the descent notion in Lowland South American ethnography as a starting point, the article provides an analysis of matrilineal descent among the Wayú. Using new ethnographical data, special attention is paid to indigenous concepts and to the way matrilineal descent articulates with other principles of social classification. …”
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Sources of Information on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi by Belinda Chimphamba Gombachika, Ellen Chirwa, Address Malata, Alfred Maluwa

“…The purpose of the paper is to explore sources of information for reproductive decision used by couples living with HIV in patrilineal and matrilineal districts of Malawi. Data were collected from forty couples from July to December 2010. …”
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Connections Across Open Water: A Bi‐Organelle, Genomics‐Scale Assessment of Atlantic‐Wide Population Dynamics in a Pelagic, Endangered Apex Predator Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) by Andrea M. Bernard, Marissa R. Mehlrose, Kimberly A. Finnegan, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Mahmood S. Shivji

“…In contrast, there was matrilineal population genetic structure across Northern and Southern Hemispheres, suggesting at least large regional‐scale female philopatry. …”
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Goblet and Cross, Casket and Tombstone. Names and Things in the Hidden History of the Time of Troubles by Fjodor Uspenskij, Anna Litvina

“…Reconsidering the provenance of these objects through the lens of historical onomastics allows us, in particular, to observe the inner functioning of the complex system of the in-law connections and matrilineal kinship, which simultaneously unites and divides the court elites and the Czar, whilst forming the bridge of continuity between the two eras. …”
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Molecular Genetic Assessment Aids in Clarifying Phylogenetic Status of Iranian Kerman Wild Sheep by Arsen V. Dotsev, Mohammad Hossein Moradi, Tatiana E. Deniskova, Ali Esmailizadeh, Neckruz F. Bakoev, Olga A. Koshkina, Darren K. Griffin, Michael N. Romanov, Natalia A. Zinovieva

“…</i> Additionally, we examined complete mitochondrial genomes and it was demonstrated that the matrilineal ancestor of Kerman sheep belonged to <i>O. vignei</i>. …”
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MATN3 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Osteoarthritis in Chinese Han Population: A Community-Based Case-Control Study by Jiaao Gu, Jiesheng Rong, Fulin Guan, Liying Jiang, Shuqing Tao, Guofa Guan, Tianzun Tao

“…Background. The matrilin, especially matrilin-3 (MATN3), are reported to play important roles in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA). …”
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Pacific Feminist Imaginaries: The 1977 US National Women’s Conference and the Politics of Territorial Representation by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu

“…What emerged from these Pacific territorial meetings of the NWC reveals the conflicted politics of women’s empowerment as islanders challenged militarized patriarchy, reclaimed matrilineality, and called for island sovereignty. The 1977 NWC offers a window into these complex politics as women from the Pacific envisioned new possibilities for their future.…”
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