The site of fat storage may be genetically encoded through factors like adipocyte number and differences in androgen and estrogen receptor distributions.

“I'm just trying to think of how the site of fat storage would be encoded genetically. I'm guessing like more atyposytes like at certain locations. Um, and of course there's a there's a male female difference. There tends to be a male female difference that presumably depends on androgen and estrogen receptors, but I'm not an expert in that um issue specifically.”