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Sleep Counteracts Aging Phenotypes to Survive Starvation-Induced Developmental Arrest in C. elegans
1 Nov 2018
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Sleep is ancient and fulfills higher brain functions as well as basic vital processes. Little is known about how sleep emerged in evolution and what essential functions it was selected for. Here, we investigated sleep in Caenorhabditis elegans across developmental stages and physiological conditions to find out when and how sleep in a simple animal becomes essential for survival. We found that sleep in worms...
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