2022
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.944214
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Mirror image serum lipid carrier protein profiles in pup and lactating mother Atlantic grey seals reflect contrasting resource mobilisation challenges

Abstract: True, phocid seals have the shortest known lactations relative to body mass, during which mass transfer of adipose stores from mother to offspring occurs at an unrivalled rate and extent. The mothers of most species of seal fast until weaning whilst their pups gorge on the most fat-rich milks known. This results in a dramatic reduction in maternal blubber mass while pups may triple their body weights before weaning. Mothers mobilise their blubber fat, transport it via blood to their mammary glands and into mil… Show more

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