You Are Working in a Lab and Discover a Hibernating

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Multiple Choice

You are working in a lab and discover a hibernating animal with a mutation that does not allow it to develop brown fat.If this animal were in the wild, what would be the most severe problem it might face?

• A) The animal would be unable to mate, because of insufficient lipids to make sex hormones.
• B) The animal would be very fat because of an increase in white fat tissues.
• C) The animal would have a very high body temperature due to increased mitochondria.
• D) The animal would take much longer to return to a high body temperature during arousals from hibernation.
• E) The animal would die from overheating due to increased production of thermogenin.

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