Penguins snatch seconds-long microsleeps
<p>Considerable research efforts have been committed to understanding the fundamental biology of sleep. Yet, this knowledge is mostly derived from laboratory studies undertaken in a handful of model organisms, such as mice, rats, and fruit flies, and in conditions that are vastly different fro...
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| description | <p>Considerable research efforts have been committed to understanding the fundamental biology of sleep. Yet, this knowledge is mostly derived from laboratory studies undertaken in a handful of model organisms, such as mice, rats, and fruit flies, and in conditions that are vastly different from those where sleep evolved. Studies of nonmodel organisms in natura may help elucidate functions of sleep, but this is still largely uncharted territory and presents numerous challenges—from unconventional anatomy and physiology to distinct ecological specialization and environmental influences. On page 1026 of this issue, Libourel <em>et al</em>. report an unusual pattern of frequent short bouts of sleep in wild chinstrap penguins (<em>Pygoscelis antarcticus</em>), which calls into question not only the current understanding of how sleep architecture is regulated but also the extent to which it can be altered before the benefits of sleep are lost.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7f7da82f-02c0-417c-a87f-da9536b41f032024-06-19T10:56:45ZPenguins snatch seconds-long microsleepsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7f7da82f-02c0-417c-a87f-da9536b41f03EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science2023Harding, CDVyazovskiy, VV<p>Considerable research efforts have been committed to understanding the fundamental biology of sleep. Yet, this knowledge is mostly derived from laboratory studies undertaken in a handful of model organisms, such as mice, rats, and fruit flies, and in conditions that are vastly different from those where sleep evolved. Studies of nonmodel organisms in natura may help elucidate functions of sleep, but this is still largely uncharted territory and presents numerous challenges—from unconventional anatomy and physiology to distinct ecological specialization and environmental influences. On page 1026 of this issue, Libourel <em>et al</em>. report an unusual pattern of frequent short bouts of sleep in wild chinstrap penguins (<em>Pygoscelis antarcticus</em>), which calls into question not only the current understanding of how sleep architecture is regulated but also the extent to which it can be altered before the benefits of sleep are lost.</p> |
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