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Allometric scaling of the elevation of maternal energy intake during lactation

BACKGROUND: In most mammals, lactating mothers dramatically increase their food intake after parturition and reach a peak intake rate after a certain time while their offspring continue to grow. A common view, perpetuated by the metabolic theory of ecology, is that the allometric scaling of maternal...

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Autores principales: Douhard, Frédéric, Lemaître, Jean-François, Rauw, Wendy M., Friggens, Nicolas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27418939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0164-y