A MECHANISM OF CELLULAR THERMOGENESIS IN COLD-ADAPTATION

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Abstract
Mitochondria from liver tissue of cold-adapted rats were examined in vitro. The P/O ratios of particles from the cold-adapted animals were reduced as compared with their controls. The metabolic pathways by which results were achieved, (or the mechanism by which cells of the cold-adapted system might achieve the necessary heat evolution at minimal energy cost) were examined.