Cellular structure of adipose tissue in
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Caroline M. Pond; Christine A. Mattacks
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Article
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1985
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In a randomly collected sample of 91 wild and captive birds, in which there is no significant correlation between fatness and body mass, the total number of adipocytes is proportional to (Body Mass) . The adipose tissue of larger birds consists of proportionately fewer adipocytes; therefore, the adi