Term Name: | brown fat cell differentiation |
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Synonyms: | brown adipocyte cell differentiation, brown adipocyte differentiation |
Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a brown adipocyte, an animal connective tissue cell involved in adaptive thermogenesis. Brown adipocytes contain multiple small droplets of triglycerides and a high number of mitochondria. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0050873] QuickGO AmiGO |