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Phenotypic coupling of sleep and starvation resistance evolves in D. melanogaster.
BMC evolutionary biology - 22 Sept 2020
Sarikaya Didem P, Cridland Julie, Tarakji Adam, Sheehy Hayley, Davis Sophia, Kochummen Ashley, Hatmaker Ryan, Khan Nossin, Chiu Joanna, Begun David J
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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, we compared sleep and its plastic response to starvation in a temperate and tropical population of Drosophila...
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