Morphological changes in female reproductive organs in the African monarch butterfly, host to a male-killing Spiroplasma by Jenny Malmberg, Simon H. Martin, Ian J. Gordon, Pasi Sihvonen, Anne Duplouy

“…Furthermore, some of the populations host an endosymbiotic bacterium, Spiroplasma, which induces son-killing and distorts the local host population sex-ratio, creating sexual conflicts between the females seeking to optimize their fecundity and the limited mating capacity of the rare males. …”
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Climate-change and mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies Eventos de mortandad masiva y cambio climático en poblaciones invernales de la mariposa monarca by Narayani Barve, Alvin J. Bonilla, Julia Brandes, J. Christopher Brown, Nathaniel Brunsell, Ferdouz V. Cochran, Rebecca J. Crosthwait, Jodi Gentry, Laci M. Gerhart, Trish Jackson, Anna J. Kern, Karen S. Oberhauser, Hannah L. Owens, A. Townsend Peterson, Alexis S. Reed, Jorge Soberón, Adam D. Sundberg, Linda M. Williams

“…Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have a unique yearly life cycle, in which successive generations breed and move northward from the southern USA in spring to the northern US and southern Canada by late summer; they overwinter in extremely restricted areas in central Mexico and along the California coast. …”
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Meddah Behçet Mahir’in Halk Anlatılarında Halk Hekimliği ve Baytarlığı by Mehmet ALPTEKİN

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Nápoje na dvorech králů a knížat z dynastie Jagellonců konce 15. a počátku 16. století by Petr Kozák

“…The starting point of the research was a comprehensive analysis of rare, preserved account books kept at the courts of these monarchs. This study describes the various types of beverages consumed (especially wine and beer) both in the social and geographic context. …”
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Korespondencja Lwa Sapiehy do Radziwiłłów (w latach 1586–1622). Przyczynek do postrzegania na Litwie Stefana Batorego i Zygmunta III Wazy by Dominika Fesser

“…The topic of this paper is the representation of the two kings of Poland – Stephen Báthory andSigismund III Vasa – emerging from the correspondence of Lew Sapieha addressed to the Radziwiłłsof Birża: Krzysztof ‘the Thunder’ and his son Krzysztof (d. 1640), as well as Mikołaj KrzysztofSierotka of the Nieśwież line of the family. …”
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Death on the Nile . The murder of Perdiccas and the river crossing in Ancient Macedonia by Ignacio Molina

“…The death of Perdiccas, son of Orontes, during his invasion of Egypt is a fact hardly understandable, so that we can find different explanations for this event. …”
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“We'll Take your King's Daughter and Everything we Asked for her...”: King Henry V's Struggle for the Throne of the French Kingdom by O. I. Nuzhdin

“…It consisted in the adoption procedure, according to which King Charles VI of France recognized Henry V as his son and heir. This idea was formed on the basis of the experience of diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Neapolitan in 1419. …”
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Wine, beer, mead... Social and cultural aspects of alcohol consumption at the Jagiellonian courts around 1500 by Petr Kozák

“…The starting point of the research was a comprehensive analysis of rare, preserved account books kept at the courts of these monarchs. This study describes the various types of beverages consumed (especially wine and beer) both in the social and geographical contexts. …”
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Charles, the Prince of Wales at the Court of Philip IV of Spain: the «Incognito» Trip and the Problem of Exchanging Gifts by P. Yu. Kosheleva

“…Later, such trips of monarchs would become a common practice. However, this case was one of the first precedents which forced the existing ceremonial procedure of gift exchange to undergo modifications. …”
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Early modern diplomatic history by Sowerby, T

Cordoba and Jerez de la Frontera in the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1474-1516 by Edwards, J

“…In the foriaer town, the marquis of Priego, son of Don Alonso de Aguilar, succeeded his father as <em>alcalde mayor</em> of Córdoba. …”

Entering of Stefan Dušan into the Empire by Pirivatrić Srđan

“…The engagement between Dušan’s son and John’s sister did not result in marriage, for the reasons we can only speculate on. …”
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The government of the Palatinate, 1449-1508 by Cohn, H

“…Younger sons of the electors were increasingly provided for during the fifteenth century by the acquisition of fat benefices and sees, instead of by grants of lands and revenues of the principality. …”

The methods of power transferring in Iranian Folktales by Mostafa Saadat

“…Conclusion    It is told in folktales that the power transition, besides becoming the monarch by inheritance from father to his son or daughter, or even son-in-law, could be by conquest or coup. …”
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Ladislaus II Jagiełło (1386–1434) by Mateusz Grzęda

“…Its top slab bears an effigy of Jagiełło with his suggestively rendered countenance, which undoubtedly reflects the actual facial features of the elderly monarch. An image of the king represented as one of the Three Magi in a panel of an altarpiece in the tomb chapel of Casimir IV Jagiellonian, Jagiełło’s son and his successor on the Polish throne, dates from 1470. …”
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Être expulsé ou interné à Djelfa aux siècles derniers (1893 ; 1942) by Danièle Iancu-Agou

“…Professor Simon Schwarzfuchs introduced me, a long time ago, to a testimony, translated by himself from yiddish, of Benjamin Lubelski, ancient prisoner in the camp of Djelfa (1942); another friend, Hugues-Jean of Dianoux, archivist-paleographer and retired diplomat, told me about the sad episode that occurred at the end of the XIXth century (1893), the imprisonment of a Khmer in Djelfa, the son of a Cambodian monarch ! The meeting ten years ago, in Jerusalem, of Benjamin Lubelski (died since), created the moral necessity to publish his testimony, and to enrich it with elements on these other exiles: the prince Duong Chakr died in Djelfa, and famous prisoner Max Aub, who fought for the Spanish Republic and whose writings on " The graveyard of Djelfa " oddly respond to the narration of Lubelski. …”
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Visual Traditions in the Formation of the Iconographic Types of the Investiture and Triumph of Patriarch Joseph by María Ángeles Martí Bonafé

“…Joseph, Jacob’s beloved son, is a prefiguration of Christ. The story in Genesis 41, 37–44 fosters the creation of two iconographic types: Joseph’s investiture and Joseph on the Pharaoh’s chariot. …”
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“Qeidār” Nabi, Buddhist Ilkhan in position of Abrahamic Prophet by پدرام جم

“…From then on, Qeidār has been generally identified with “Qeidār (Qedar) son of Ishmael”. This paper shows that “Qeidār” was, in fact, a toponym, and this toponym had its origin in the pre-classical Mongolian word for monastery, i.e. …”
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Louis XI of Valois (1461–1483) by Julia Faiers

“…Louis XI (1461–1483) was the sixth king of the Valois branch of the Capetian dynasty in France; he ruled from 1463 until his death in 1483. Louis was the son of Charles VII (1403–1461) and Marie of Anjou (1404–1463). …”
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La influencia española en el reformismo de la monarquía austriaca del setecientos by Virginia LEÓN

“…<p>RESUMEN: Los cambios que se introducen en la monarquía austriaca con la constitución del Consejo de España y la Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho son estudiados en relación con la apertura hacia las reformas verificadas a mediados del siglo XVIII. …”
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