Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sleep is a biological enigma. Despite occupying much of an animal's life, and having been scrutinized by numerous experimental studies, there is still no consensus on its function. Similarly, no hypothesis has yet explained why...
Main Authors: | Barton Robert A, McNamara Patrick, Capellini Isabella, Preston Brian T, Nunn Charles L |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-01-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/7 |
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