Is sleep's 'supreme mystery' unraveling? An evolutionary analysis of sleep encounters no mystery; nor does life's earliest sleep, recently discovered in jellyfish

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Kavanau, J Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EYE; JELLYFISH; LIFESTYLE; MATING; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; TELEMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CNIDARIA; CUBOMEDUSAE; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 27744458065     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.08.036     Document Type: Editorial

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