Maternal regulation of offspring development in mammals is an ancient adaptation tied to lactation

Applied and Translational Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Power, Michael L ^a,b   Schulkin, Jay ^a,c,d  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lactation; Milk

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GHRELIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MICRORNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RELAXIN; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84890167787     PISSN: 22120661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atg.2013.06.001     Document Type: Review

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