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The origin and evolution of lactation

The presence of mammary glands is the defining morphological feature of mammals. The recent assembly of the bovine genome and a report in Genome Biology that links the milk and lactation data of bovine and other mammalian genomes will help biologists investigate this economically and medically impor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Capuco, Anthony V, Akers, R Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19439024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol139
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Sumario:The presence of mammary glands is the defining morphological feature of mammals. The recent assembly of the bovine genome and a report in Genome Biology that links the milk and lactation data of bovine and other mammalian genomes will help biologists investigate this economically and medically important feature.