Evolution of sleep : phylogenetic and functional perspectives /
edited by Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
Introduction / Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Sleep in insects / Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / The evolution of REM sleep / Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Fishing for sleep / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, Robert A. Barton -- Isabella Capellini [and others] -- Kristyna M. Hartse -- J. Lee Kavanau -- James M. Krueger -- Patrick McNamara Sanford Auerbach -- Charles L. Nunn [and others] -- Niels C. Rattenborg Charles J. Amlaner -- Ruben V. Rial [and others] -- Mahesh M. Thakkar Subimal Datta -- Valter Tucci Patrick M. Nolan -- I.V. Zhdanova. and and and and and
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.