Comparative biochemistry and evolution of milk oligosaccharides of monotremes, marsupials, and eutherians

Evolutionary Biology: Genome Evolution, Speciation, Coevolution and Origin of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-33

  Urashima, Tadasu ^a   Messer, Michael ^b   Oftedal, Olav T ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutherian; Lactose; Marsupial; Milk; Milk components; Milk oligosaccharides; Monotreme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930941395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07623-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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