Figure 1From: Integration of maternal genome into the neonate genome through breast milk mRNA transcripts and reverse transcriptaseFormation of breast milk microvesicles. Breast milk microvesicles form directly from the apical parts of the mammary epithelial cells by an apocrine mechanism or indirectly from the cytoplasmic crescents of milk fat globules (MFG) by shedding, budding or blebbing, similar to the mechanism by which enveloped viruses are secreted from the cells.Back to article page