Ontogeny and thermogenic role for sternal fat in female sheep
Brown adipose tissue acting through a unique uncoupling protein (UCP1) has a critical role in preventing hypothermia in new-born sheep but is then considered to rapidly disappear during postnatal life. The extent to which the anatomical location of fat influences postnatal development and thermogeni...
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42557/ |