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Sleeping With the Fishes |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 7:18 pm |
| Tags: science |
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Zebra fish have proven popular for both home aquariums and for scientific research, with the latest zebra fish experiment testing the connection between genetic mutations and insomnia. The same researchers who discovered a mutant gene responsible for narcolepsy in dogs, discovered that the mutant sleep gene in the striped fish produces fish with disordered sleeping similar to insomnia. Researchers hope future fish sleep experiments will provide more clues to possible human gene mutations linked to insomnia. [ Full article ] |
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