Evolution of Pinnipedia lactation strategies: a potential role for α-lactalbumin?
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Evolution of Pinnipedia lactation strategies: a potential role for alpha-lactalbumin?
Despite the considerable variation in milk composition found among mammals, a constituent common across all groups is lactose, the main sugar and osmole in most eutherians milk. Exceptions to this are the families Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions) and Odobenidae (walruses), where lactose has not been detected. We investigated the molecular basis for this by cloning alpha-lactalbumin, the modi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0265