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
The female often differs from the male in having organs for the nourishment or protection of her young, as the mammary glands of mammals, and the abdominal sacks of the marsupials.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
