Do bigger brains mean better milk?

Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 209-231

  Milligan, Lauren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DHA; Encephalization; Lactation; LCPUFA; Milk composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028163457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4060-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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