Darwinian transformation of a 'scarcely nutritious fluid' into milk

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1253-1263

  Holt, C ^a   Carver, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Casein proteins; Evolution of lactation; Pathological calcification

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CASEIN;

CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; MILK; NATURAL SELECTION; NEONATE; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SECRETION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICELLE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CASEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICELLES; MILK;

EID: 84862244424     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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