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The evolution of sleep is inevitable in a periodic world

There are two contrasting explanations of sleep: as a proximate, essential physiological function or as a behavioral, adaptive state of inactivity and these hypotheses remain widely debated. To investigate the adaptive significance of sleep, we develop an evolutionary argument formulated as a tracta...

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Autores principales: Field, Jared M., Bonsall, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30080877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201615