Shifted levels of sleep and activity during the night as mechanisms underlying ectoparasite resistance

Abstract Parasites harm host fitness and are pervasive agents of natural selection capable of driving the evolution of host resistance traits. Previously we demonstrated evolutionary responses to artificial selection for increasing behavioral immunity to Gamasodes queenslandicus mites for Drosophila...

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Main Authors: Joshua B. Benoit, Joy Bose, Oluwaseun M. Ajayi, Ashley Webster, Karl Grieshop, David Lewis, Hailie Talbott, Michal Polak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:npj Biological Timing and Sleep
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44323-025-00031-7
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