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Prolonged transition time between colostrum and mature milk in a bear, the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Bears produce the most altricial neonates of any placental mammal. We hypothesized that the transition from colostrum to mature milk in bears reflects a temporal and biochemical adaptation for altricial development and immune protection. Comparison of bear milks with milks of other eutherians yielde...

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Autores principales: Griffiths, Kate, Hou, Rong, Wang, Hairui, Zhang, Zhihe, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Tong, Watson, David G., Burchmore, Richard J. S., Loeffler, I. Kati, Kennedy, Malcolm W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150395