Abstract
A study was carried out to determine whether acclimation to a certain environmental temperature in early life had any effect on lipid metabolism in later life at a different environmental temperature. Young mice were acclimated to either low or high temperature and exposed to either warm or cold environment. After a certain period of acclimation or exposure, the serum lipid contents were determined. The serum lipid contents varied with changes in environmental temperature. After prolonged exposure, regardless of the history of animals, they were affected with the environmental temperature at which the animals were placed. Acclimation in early life had no aftereffect on later life at a different environmental temperature.
