Phenotypic coupling of sleep and starvation resistance evolves in D. melanogaster.
Didem P SarikayaJulie CridlandAdam TarakjiHayley SheehySophia DavisAshley KochummenRyan HatmakerNossin KhanJoanna ChiuDavid J BegunPublished in: BMC evolutionary biology (2020)
Our findings demonstrate that the function of sleep under starvation can rapidly evolve on short timescales and raise new questions about the physiological correlates of sleep and the extent to which variation in sleep is shaped by natural selection.
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