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mammary gland The breast. In female mammals, the mammary glands produce and secrete milk to nourish developing young.
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mammary gland
A gland present in female mammals that produces milk used to suckle the young.
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The mammary glands of domestic rabbit mothers emit a pheromone that releases immediate nursing behavior by their babies (pups). A good thing, too, as mothers devote only 5-7 minutes a day to feeding their pups so they had better be quick about it.
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Marsupial young leave the uterus, crawl to the pouch, and attach to the nipple of a mammary gland and continue their development.
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Another way is, after the protein's been made and the mammary gland comes out, we can do what's known as "post-translational modification.
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The group "mammalia" are named for their mammary glands because one of the defining characteristics of mammals is that they nurse their young.
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The vertebrate class of mammals, characterized by body hair and mammary glands that produce milk to nourish the young.
mantle
A heavy fold of tissue in mollusks that drapes over the visceral mass and may secrete a shell.
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Shared derived characters that are regarded as homologous are called synapomorphies, e.g. the presence of mammary glands in all three lineages of mammals (monotremes, marsupials and placentals).
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