Evolution of Sleep (eBook, PDF)

Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives
Redaktion: Mcnamara, Patrick

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these trees. These methods have recently been applied to questions concerning the evolution of distinctive sleep state characteristics and functions. This book synthesizes recent advances in our understanding of the evolutionary origins of sleep and its adaptive function, and it lays the groundwork for future evolutionary research by assessing sleep patterns in the major animal lineages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511636561
• Artikelnr.: 38204237

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn and Robert A. Barton; 2.
Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture Isabella Capellini,
Brian T. Preston, Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton and Charles L. Nunn;
3. Sleep in insects Kristyna M. Hartse; 4. Schooling by continuously-active
fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function J. Lee Kavanau; 5. What exactly
is it that sleeps?: the evolution, regulation and organization of an
emergent network property James M. Krueger; 6. Evolutionary medicine of
sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration Patrick McNamara and
Sanford Auerbach; 7. Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective Charles N.
Nunn, Patrick McNamara, Isabella Capellini, Brian T. Preston and Robert
Barton; 8. A bird's eye view on the function of sleep Niels C. Rattenborg
and Charles J. Amlaner; 9. The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to
mammals Ruben V. Rial, Mourad Akaarir, Antoni Gamundi, M. Cristina Nicolau
and Susana Esteban; 10. Evolution of REM sleep Mahesh M. Thakkar and
Subimal Datta; 11. Towards the understanding of the function of sleep: new
insights from mouse genetics Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan; 12. Fishing
for sleep Irina V. Zhdanova.