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Phenotypic coupling of sleep and starvation resistance evolves in D. melanogaster

BACKGROUND: One hypothesis for the function of sleep is that it serves as a mechanism to conserve energy. Recent studies have suggested that increased sleep can be an adaptive mechanism to improve survival under food deprivation in Drosophila melanogaster. To test the generality of this hypothesis,...

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Autores principales: Sarikaya, Didem P., Cridland, Julie, Tarakji, Adam, Sheehy, Hayley, Davis, Sophia, Kochummen, Ashley, Hatmaker, Ryan, Khan, Nossin, Chiu, Joanna, Begun, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32962630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01691-8