Brown Adipose Tissue in Cetacean Blubber

Osamu Hashimoto; Hirofumi Ohtsuki; Takehiko Kakizaki; Kento Amou; Ryo Sato; Satoru Doi; Sara Kobayashi; Ayaka Matsuda; Makoto Sugiyama; Masayuki Funaba; Takashi Matsuishi; Fumio Terasawa; Junji Shindo; Hideki Endo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116734

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Brown Adipose Tissue in Cetacean Blubber

Osamu Hashimoto ,

* E-mail: ohashim@vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Hirofumi Ohtsuki,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Takehiko Kakizaki,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Kento Amou,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Ryo Sato,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Satoru Doi,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Sara Kobayashi,

Affiliation The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Ayaka Matsuda,

Affiliation Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
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Makoto Sugiyama,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Masayuki Funaba,

Affiliation Division of Applied Biosciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture, Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Takashi Matsuishi,

Affiliation Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
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Fumio Terasawa,

Affiliation Enoshima Aquarium, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-0035, Japan
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Junji Shindo,

Affiliation Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
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Hideki Endo

Affiliation The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Brown Adipose Tissue in Cetacean Blubber

Osamu Hashimoto,
Hirofumi Ohtsuki,
Takehiko Kakizaki,
Kento Amou,
Ryo Sato,
Satoru Doi,
Sara Kobayashi,
Ayaka Matsuda,
Makoto Sugiyama,
Masayuki Funaba

Published: February 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116734

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