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Table 2 Mean volume density of cytoplasm, nuclei, mitochondria and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes

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

 

Volume density (μm3/100 μm3 of cell)

Cell type

Cytoplasm

Nuclei

Mitochondria

Lipid droplets

ABALCs

73.17 ± 4.1*

7.88 ± 2.5

4.18 ± 0.58*

14.8 ± 3.9*

Abdominal fat

5.91 ± 1.0*

2.44 ± 1.1

0.71 ± 0.14*

90.9 ± 1.6*

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

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