Seasonal variation in brown adipose tissue mass and lipid droplet size of Sorex minutus, the pygmy shrew; the relationship between morphology and metabolic rate

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-135

  McDevitt, Regina M ^b   Andrews, J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipocyte size; Brown adipose tissue; Metabolic rate; Pygmy shrew; Seasonal acclimatization; Sorex minutus

Indexed keywords

SOREX MINUTUS;

EID: 0030797646     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(97)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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