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The brown adipocyte differentiation pathway in birds: An evolutionary road not taken

Nadejda V Mezentseva1, Jaliya S Kumaratilake2 and Stuart A Newman1*

1 Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA

2 Discipline of Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

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BMC Biology 2008, 6:17 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-17

Published: 21 April 2008

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Table showing the size distribution of lipid droplets in avian brown adipocyte-like cells and abdominal white fat according to cross-sectional area.

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Table showing the set of primers used for quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

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