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LACTATION BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Lactocrine signaling and developmental programming1,2
17 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Lactocrine signaling is defined as transmission of bioactive factors from mother to offspring as a consequence of nursing. Lactocrine transmission of signaling molecules may be an evolutionarily conserved process through which bioactive factors necessary for support of neonatal development are delivered postnatally. Dependence on maternal resources for development in eutherian mammals extends into neonatal life...
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