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Review
. 2009;8(4):37.
doi: 10.1186/jbiol139. Epub 2009 Apr 24.

The origin and evolution of lactation

Anthony V Capuco  1 , R Michael Akers
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Review

The origin and evolution of lactation

Anthony V Capuco et al. J Biol. 2009.

Abstract

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.

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Figure 1
Simplified representation of evolution of extant Mammalia and lactation.
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