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Milk output and composition in mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate.
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Jan 2015
Sadowska Julita, Gębczyński Andrzej K, Paszko Katarzyna, Konarzewski Marek
Abstract excerpt
From an evolutionary perspective, the high basal metabolic rate (BMR) of homeotherms is hypothesised to be a by-product of natural selection for effective parental care. We estimated daily milk output during two consecutive lactation bouts in mice divergently selected for high/low BMR and applied a cross-fostered design to control for potential differences in the between-line suckling abilities of nursed...
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