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Milk kinship hypothesis in light of epigenetic knowledge

BACKGROUND: A wet nurse can be used if a baby’s natural mother is unable or chooses not to breastfeed her infant. The practice of using wet nurses is ancient and common to many cultures. PRESENTATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS: We hypothesize that infants breastfeeding from the same woman may develop consang...

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Autores principales: Ozkan, Hasan, Tuzun, Funda, Kumral, Abdullah, Duman, Nuray
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22989202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1868-7083-4-14