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Milk & Microbes: How Babies Get Buddies

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A few weeks ago, Zac Lewis and I were writing an essay " Mother's Littlest Helpers ." To organize my thinking, I made a flow chart conceptual model of the microbial colonization of the newborn's gut.  After elaborating the model and developing powerpoint drawing skills (angry eyebrows!)...  TA DA- the 1st Mammals Suck comic! Related Posts: Pigeon milk and Microbiota  (yes, pigeon milk!) Milk Evolution and Bacterial Stowaways Mega Mammal Milk Analysis