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020 _a9780521894975 (hardback)
040 _aISI Library
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245 0 0 _aEvolution of sleep :
_bphylogenetic and functional perspectives /
_c[edited by] Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton and Charles L. Nunn.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _ax, 277 p., [4] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton -- 1. Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Isabella Capellini [and others] -- 2. Sleep in insects / Kristyna M. Hartse -- 3. Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / J. Lee Kavanau -- 4. What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / James M. Krueger -- 5. Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach -- 6. Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / Charles L. Nunn [and others] -- 7. A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner -- 8. The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / Ruben V. Rial [and others] -- 9. The evolution of REM sleep / Mahesh M. Thakkar and Subimal Datta -- 10. Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan -- 11. Fishing for sleep / I.V. Zhdanova.
520 _aResearch during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, new analytical methods provide the tools to investigate 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.
650 0 _aSleep.
650 0 _aEvolution.
700 1 _aMcNamara, Patrick,
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700 1 _aBarton, Robert A.,
_eeditor
700 1 _aNunn, Charles L.,
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