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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN SLEEP AND METABOLIC FUNCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LATITUDE AND TEMPERATURE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
- Date Issued:
- 2018
- Abstract/Description:
- Natural-occurring factors stemming from the environment can influence complex behaviors, such as feeding and sleeping. These factors act evolutionarily as selective pressures, shaping an organism’s behavior, for example suppressing sleep in order to forage for food. Under evolutionary influence, the regulation of sleep and metabolic homeostasis is crucial for an animal’s survival. Notable differences in sleep and metabolic phenotypes are seen across the animal kingdom, however how ecological factors maintain these phenotypes is poorly understood. Using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, this Honors Thesis will assess sleep, starvation, and metabolic traits in 24 populations gathered from various geographic localities. Previous studies using Drosophila have identified the novel genetic regulators of sleep, metabolism and evolutionary processes. Sleep dysregulation leads to the deterioration of normal functions within both the fruit fly and humans. My project investigates how this variation in behavior interacts with evolutionary environment and history.
Title: | GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN SLEEP AND METABOLIC FUNCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LATITUDE AND TEMPERATURE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. |
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Name(s): |
Torres, Joshua, author Keene, Alex C., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Thesis | |
Date Created: | 2018 | |
Date Issued: | 2018 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Jupiter, Florida | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 43 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Natural-occurring factors stemming from the environment can influence complex behaviors, such as feeding and sleeping. These factors act evolutionarily as selective pressures, shaping an organism’s behavior, for example suppressing sleep in order to forage for food. Under evolutionary influence, the regulation of sleep and metabolic homeostasis is crucial for an animal’s survival. Notable differences in sleep and metabolic phenotypes are seen across the animal kingdom, however how ecological factors maintain these phenotypes is poorly understood. Using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, this Honors Thesis will assess sleep, starvation, and metabolic traits in 24 populations gathered from various geographic localities. Previous studies using Drosophila have identified the novel genetic regulators of sleep, metabolism and evolutionary processes. Sleep dysregulation leads to the deterioration of normal functions within both the fruit fly and humans. My project investigates how this variation in behavior interacts with evolutionary environment and history. | |
Identifier: | FAUHT00056 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2018. | |
Collection: | FAU Honors Theses Digital Collection | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00056 | |
Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |