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Heat Can Be Generated in the Brown Adipose Tissue of Hibernating

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Heat can be generated in the brown adipose tissue of hibernating mammals due to ________.


A) increased ATP production by ATP synthase
B) uncoupling by thermogenin
C) a greater pH gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane by complex IV
D) insufficient NADH production during the citric acid cycle due to less active pyruvate translocase.

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