Daily activity rhythms, sleep, and pregnancy are fundamentally related in the Pacific beetle mimic cockroach, <i>Diploptera punctata</i>.

ABSTRACT: Sleep and pregnancy are contentious bedfellows; sleep disorders and disturbances are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, although much is still unknown about this relationship. Sleep and pregnancy have been studied in many models, but most focus heavily on mammals. However, pregnancy is ubiquitous across the animal kingdom - a hallmark of convergent evolution; similarly sleep is a shared feature across diverse species. Here, we present an ideal model in which to study the dynamics between sleep and pregnancy in invertebrates. The Pacific beetle mimic cockroach, Diploptera punctata, is a viviparous cockroach species that uses milk proteins to nourish its young with a broodsac over a three month pregnancy. However, little is known about the relationship between this unique rep

SUBMITTER: Frigard R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11888445 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature