matrilineal

There may be some matrilineal genetic factor present that prevents a baby from latching properly or taking enough milk.

You are considered Jewish by even the strictest standards if you (1) converted or (2) can trace matrilineal descent from ancient Israel or (3) can trace matrilineal descent from a convert.

While many may (on paper) be a descendant of Richard III, illegitimacy is common and matrilineal heritage is the best bet.

This is going to add an interesting exception to matrilineal DNA testing in the future.

Y chromosomes and mitochondria don't have crossover, so you need unbroken patrilineal and matrilineal descent from a particular ancestor to inherit it.

There have been matrilineal societies, but in these the property tended to pass from father to daughter's husband rather than father to son.

Ever wonder why judaism went from patrilineal to matrilineal after the babylonian conquest?

Is 23andMe no longer going to provide matrilineal mitochondrial DNA analysis and haplogroups?

Alternatively, you can make the choice to have matrilineal, patrilineal or both lines.

They can live 60 years or more, and they stay in tightknit matrilineal groups led by older females that model specific behaviors to younger animals.

So, given that some early germanic culture was matrilineal (e.g.

Judaism has traditionally defined Jewishness as being matrilineal; i.e.

And in Table 1 the mean puzzle solving time for men in the "matrilineal" society is still actually lower than that for females, even though the medians point the other way.

European "jews" claim it is matrilineal.

Only if you assume a generation is keyed on the "first" birth; it is matrilineal; that culturally child-birthing begins as soon as puberty kicks in (rather than being forestalled by social taboos or customs); and that puberty kicks in at roughly the same age then as now, even in an area of scarce resources.

Matrilineal societies are attested many times over, as are matriarchal societies.

Matrilineal line of descent serves the same function.