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Science 22 August 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5892, pp. 1048 - 1049
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164094
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
How Now, Brown Fat?

Mitchell A. Lazar

Brown adipose tissue is, surprisingly, more related to skeletal muscle than to white adipose tissue.

Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylavania, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. E-mail: lazar{at}mail.med.upenn.edu

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