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THE development and histology of the mouse mammary gland have been studied in detail1–3. The glands develop along the milk line and branch in the subcutaneous fat between the skin and skeletal muscle. The quantity of fat in the subcutaneous fat pad is greatest where the milk ducts later develop4. During lactation the distribution of the mammary glands visibly follows the subcutaneous fat tissue, the second inguinal mammary gland being reported to spread only into the inguino-genital area and the cubital only to the level of the fore-limbs.
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HIRATA-HIBI, M. Extension of Mammary Glands to the Popliteal and Cubital Fossæ. Nature 203, 1398–1399 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031398a0
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