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ArticleNature communications2024

Divergent evolution of sleep in Drosophila species.

Michaela Joyce, Federica A Falconio, Laurence Blackhurst, Lucia Prieto-Godino, Alice S French, Giorgio F Gilestro

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Active zone plasticity couples sleep need to presynaptic hypophosphorylation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Inferring the genetic basis of sleep states inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Zebrafish sleep displays distinct sub-states.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Michaela JoyceDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Federica A Falconio *Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Laurence Blackhurst *Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Lucia Prieto-GodinoThe Francis Crick Research Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2980-362X
Alice S FrenchDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK. alice.french@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2498-8490
Giorgio F GilestroDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK. giorgio@gilest.ro.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7512-8541

Funding

EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) 802531Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) GY0052/ 2022RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/M011178/1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/R018839/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/R513052/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Living organisms synchronize their biological activities with the earth's rotation through the circadian clock, a molecular mechanism that regulates biology and behavior daily. This synchronization factually maximizes positive activities (e.g., social interactions, feeding) during safe periods, and minimizes exposure to dangers (e.g., predation, darkness) typically at night. Beyond basic circadian regulation, some behaviors like sleep have an additional layer of homeostatic control, ensuring those essential activities are fulfilled. While sleep is predominantly governed by the circadian clock, a secondary homeostatic regulator, though not well-understood, ensures adherence to necessary sleep amounts and hints at a fundamental biological function of sleep beyond simple energy conservation and safety. Here we explore sleep regulation across seven Drosophila species with diverse ecological niches, revealing that while circadian-driven sleep aspects are consistent, homeostatic regulation varies significantly. The findings suggest that in Drosophilids, sleep evolved primarily for circadian purposes. The more complex, homeostatically regulated functions of sleep appear to have evolved independently in a species-specific manner, and are not universally conserved. This laboratory model may reproduce and recapitulate primordial sleep evolution.

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Biological EvolutionCircadian RhythmDrosophilaSleepSpecies SpecificityAnimalsCircadian ClocksFemaleHomeostasisMale

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PMID38876988
PMCPMC11178934

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