Show no plasticity and once

recruited in white adipose tissue depot remain as beige adipocytes

Are produced de novo within white adipose tissue

depots in response to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and cold

exposure

Are specific to rodents and

are NOT found in thermogenic tissue regions such as the supraclavicular or neck

areas in humans

Are derived from Myf5+ve

brown adipocyte precursor cells and are recruited in response to cold exposure