On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:52:37 EDT, Valerie W. McClain <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>You know I can't find that word, matrotropy (used in the NY Times mag
>article) in my dictionary nor on the web dictionaries.
>New word?  Coined by an evolutionary biologist?  Bet it was a male who
coined
>the term.  In evolutionary terms, if mammal babies ate their mothers then I
>would think evolution would be over?   It might make a good thriller book
or
>movie, "The Silence of the Mothers." (a misogynist's dream come true)
>Valerie W. McClain

I think it's a misspelling of matrotrophy
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14618536&dopt=Abstract>

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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