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Table 1 Mean cross-sectional areas of adipocytes and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes

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

Cell type

Cross sectional area (μm2)

  

Lipid droplets

 

Whole cell

Mean

Range

ABALCs

191.8 ± 8.2*

0.40 ± 0.01*

0.031–6.626

Abdominal fat

716.7 ± 35.4*

51.7 ± 9.7*

0.283–1,262.215

  1. *Significantly different at α = 0.05. One-way ANOVA; Kruskal-Wallis on ranks.
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BMC Biology

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