Fruit Fly (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

Fruit Fly

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University of Cincinnati researchers discovered that some fruit flies sacrifice sleep to avoid harmful parasites such as mites but at the cost of energy and risk of starvation. 

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Andrew Higley

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