The Science of Boobs

Narrated by Rachel Salt
Written by Rachel Salt and Gregory Brown
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Further Reading:

Birth Size and the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/87... An anatomical study of the nerve supply of the breast, including the nipple and areola.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10... Milk prolactin, feed volume and duration between feeds in women breastfeeding their full-term infants over a 24 h period
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/M... The mammary gland in mammalian evolution: A brief commentary on some of the concepts
Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/...
Breast Volume Measurement of 598 Women Using Biostereometric Analysis. http://journals.lww.com/annalsplastic...
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e... Premenstrual breast changes
http://www.nature.com/news/1999/99080... Why do men have nipples?

http://www.sciencedirect.com.subzero.... Permanent breast enlargement in human females: a sociobiological analysis
The Secretion of Areolar (Montgomery's) Glands from Lactating Women Elicits Selective, Unconditional Responses in Neonates http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/... Infective and anti-infective properties of breastmilk from HIV-1-infected women