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Horticulture Research, 2020 Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a popular cultivated vegetable in Asian and African countries. To reveal the characteristics of the genomic structure, evolutionary trajectory, and genetic basis underlying the domestication of bitter gourd, we ...
J. Cui +23 more
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Tools for relatedness: “Fetishes” in Burkina Faso and the work of enacted metaphors
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 2, Page 233-243, June 2025.Abstract In West Africa, certain objects can act in the world and interact with people as subjects. Labeled “fetishes” by Europeans, these material things have generated centuries of debates on the nature of their agency. In this article, I rely on participant fieldwork as a student in a group of initiated donso hunters in Burkina Faso, which involved ...
Lorenzo Ferrarini
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Grammaticalization of qәl ‘gourd’ in Amharic
Afrika und Übersee, 2020 The Amharic word qəl ‘gourd’ represents a rare case where a plant term serves as the source of a grammaticalization chain. The development occurred in two stages, first metaphoric change, then grammaticalization proper: gourd > skull/head > Intensive (never Plain) Reflexive (‘he himself, etc.’).
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance While studies of domestication reveal the process of evolution under human influence, many works focused on identifying single genes showing large phenotypic effects.
H. Matsumura +10 more
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Animal Research and One Health, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 149-164, May 2025.Fruit and vegetable peels, rich in nutrients such as fiber and phenolic compounds, can boost livestock productivity, enhancing milk, meat, and draught power. Their use as animal feed reduces organic waste, cuts greenhouse gas emissions, and decreases dependence on grain‐based feeds, offering a sustainable solution with significant nutritional and ...
Muhammad Wasim Haider +8 more
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People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1151-1170, May 2025.Abstract Human–plant relations shed light on forms of reciprocity in Indigenous territorial stewardship. This article shows how Cofán, Siona and Siekopai (also Secoya or Airo Pai in Peru) Indigenous Peoples in the western Amazon collect, cultivate and use yoco (Paullinia yoco) to promote communal conviviality, reclaim once‐threatened cultural practices
Joel E. Correia +11 more
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A high-quality sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) genome
Horticulture Research, 2020 Sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) is an important cultivated vegetable and medicinal plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. In this study, a draft genome sequence of the sponge gourd inbred line P93075 was analyzed.
Haibing Wu +11 more
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, 2017 As curiosity grew in the Renaissance, so did the scope of collections of wonders. The Cricket Cage, Jade Screen, and Iron Dragon are three examples of rare collection items from the Far East.
Bucci, Gabriella A.
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An acoustic study of plain and palatalized sibilants in Ocotepec Mixe [PDF]
, 2009 In Ocotepec Mixe, the stem-initial sibilants /s tÉs ß/ undergo a palatalization process when the prefix /j/ is added. Descriptions of other Mixe languages report that this palatalization is realized either as addition of a glide (in the case of the ...
Avelino, Heriberto, Hamann, Silke
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Orphan crops of archaeology‐based crop history research
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 562-589, May 2025.Agrobiodiversity is central to sustainable farming worldwide. Cultivation, conservation and reintroduction of diverse plant species, including ‘forgotten’ and ‘underutilized’ crops, contribute to global agrobiodiversity, living ecosystems and sustainable food production.
Daniel Fuks +23 more
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