mammary glands
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The appearance of the virus in mammary glands — in cattle and even in non lactating mice — was also unexpected.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
It is produced by bacteria that live in the mammary glands of cows, but microbes in the human gut produce similar lantibiotics too.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024
Sometimes called “first milk,” colostrum is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of all mammals immediately after the delivery of a newborn.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2024
“The way the behavior starts is: they knead the mother’s mammary glands to actually suck the milk,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
Numerous cases, such as the development of the giraffe’s neck, the baleen of the whale, the mammary glands, &c., are admirably discussed.
From Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
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