Whales and dolphins sleep by turning off one half of their brains at a time; scientists discover more about the genes and pathways that enable this phenomenon.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/4c9g5gm
Article Title: Evolution of canonical circadian clock genes underlies unique sleep strategies of marine mammals for secondary aquatic adaptation
Author Countries: China
Funding: This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development (R&D) Program of China (grant no. 2022YFF1301600) to G.Y. & S.X., the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 32030011) to G.Y., the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 32070409, 32270453, 31772448, 32270442, and 32200348), the National Key R&D Program of China (grant no. 2019YFA0802400) to H. W, the National Key Program of Research and Development the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province to S.X.. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.