Enhanced Sleep Is an Evolutionarily Adaptive Response to Starvation Stress in Drosophila.

Enhanced Sleep Is an Evolutionarily Adaptive Response to Starvation Stress in Drosophila.

Animals maximize fitness by modulating sleep and foraging strategies in response to changes in nutrient availability. Wild populations of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, display highly variable levels of starvation and desiccation resistance that differ in accordance with geographic location...

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Main Authors: Melissa E Slocumb, Josue M Regalado, Masato Yoshizawa, Greg G Neely, Pavel Masek, Allen G Gibbs, Alex C Keene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4493134?pdf=render

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