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Iron mobilization during lactation reduces oxygen stores in a diving mammal

The profound impacts that maternal provisioning of finite energy resources has on offspring survival have been extensively studied across mammals. This study shows that in addition to calories, high hemoprotein concentrations in diving mammals necessitates exceptional female-to-pup iron transfer. Nu...

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Autores principales: Shero, Michelle R., Kirkham, Amy L., Costa, Daniel P., Burns, Jennifer M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35918323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31863-7