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The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal brown fat cell morphology
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Accession:MP:0009116 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of cells from the thermogenic form of adipose tissue found in newborns of many species, including humans, and in hibernating mammals; brown fat is capable of rapid liberation of energy and seems to be important in the maintenance of body temperature immediately after birth and upon waking from hibernation; brown adipocytes contain multiple small droplets of triglycerides and a high number of mitochondria
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal brown adipocyte morphology;   abnormal brown lipocyte morphology



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    adipose tissue phenotype 0
      abnormal adipose tissue morphology 0
        abnormal fat cell morphology 0
          abnormal brown fat cell morphology 0
            abnormal brown fat cell differentiation 0
            abnormal brown fat cell lipid droplet size + 0
            abnormal brown fat cell number + 0
            abnormal brown fat cell size + 0
            abnormal brown fat lipid droplet number + 0
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