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Evolutionary Adaptation Of Lactation

Evolutionary Adaptation of Lactation is a biological theory that explains how lactation has been selectively modified across species through natural selection to meet the specific ecological, physiological, and reproductive demands of mammalian lineages.

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Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed, Alessia Ranciaro et al. · Nature Genetics · 2006 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Independent Introduction of Two Lactase-Persistence Alleles into Human Populations Reflects Different History of Adaptation to Milk Culture

Nabil Enattah, Tine G.K. Jensen, Mette Ødegaard Nielsen et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2008 · 343 citations · Full text

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LACTATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAMMALS

Caroline M. Pond · Evolution · 1977 · 219 citations

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Loss of Egg Yolk Genes in Mammals and the Origin of Lactation and Placentation

David Brawand, Walter Wahli, Henrik Kaessmann · PLoS Biology · 2008 · 152 citations · Full text

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The Significance of Lactation in the Evolution of Mammals

Caroline M. Pond · Evolution · 1977 · 110 citations

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Authors

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  1. CM
    Caroline M. Pond

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 329 citations

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  2. DF
    Daniel Frynta

    Charles University, Czechia

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  3. SB
    Suzannah Bumpstead

    Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. LS
    Laure Ségurel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    1 publications · 85 citations

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  5. EO
    Ellen Otto

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Wellcome Sanger Institute

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    6.3K citations

  2. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    595 citations

  3. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  4. University of Ferrara

    Ferrara, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Éco-Anthropologie

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    595 citations

  6. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    95 citations

  8. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

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  1. PLoS Biology

    2 publications · 237 citations

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  2. Evolution

    2 publications · 329 citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 2 publications · 110 citations

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  4. Theory in Biosciences

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. South African Journal of Zoology

    1 publications · 25 citations

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