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The tammar wallaby: a model to examine endocrine and local control of lactation
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posted on 2007-03-01, 00:00 authored by A J Brennan, Julie SharpJulie Sharp, M R Digby, Kevin NicholasMarsupials, such as the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), have adopted a reproductive strategy that is very different to eutherians. Both the rate of production and the composition of milk changes progressively during the lactation cycle to meet the nutritional demands of an altricial young. The tammar therefore provides a valuable model to study changes in milk composition, and in particular the genes that code for proteins secreted in the milk, to more accurately assess the role of gene products regulating either development of the young or mammary function.
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IUBMB LifeVolume
59Issue
3Pagination
146 - 150Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell PublishingLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1521-6543Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, IUBMBUsage metrics
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AnimalsEndocrine SystemFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansInvolutionLactationMacropodidaeMammaryMarsupialMilkMilk ProteinModels, BiologicalNeonatePregnancyWAPScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell BiologyWHEY ACIDIC PROTEINMAMMARY EPITHELIAL-CELLSMACROPUS-EUGENIIALPHA-LACTALBUMINEXPRESSIONGENEFAMILYGLANDSECRETIONGenetics
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