The Appearance and Establishment of Breastfeeding Amongst Mammals: From Echidna and Platypus to Human-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Appearance and Establishment of Breastfeeding Amongst Mammals: From Echidna and Platypus to Human

Published:2022-12-29 Issue:6 Volume:21 Page:462-466
ISSN:1682-5535
Container-title:Current Pediatrics
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Short-container-title:Vopr. sovr. pediatr.

Author:

Ukraintsev Sergey E.¹^ORCID,Samal Tatiana N.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Russian People’s Friendship University

2. Belarusian State Medical University

Abstract

The paper provides review of the scientific literature dedicated to the evolutionary aspects of breastfeeding in the animal kingdom. Differences in breast milk composition amongst different mammals along with changes in breast milk composition during evolution provided. Special attention is paid to oligosaccharides — unique components of the breast milk of Homo sapiens.

Publisher

Paediatrician Publishers LLC

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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