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short sleeper

noun

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  1. A person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary…

    A person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental level.

    • The demonstration that the short sleeper phenotype can be reverted in these lines by transposon jumping indicates that a single gene is likely to be involved.
    • Both are fairly normal in the sense that the short sleeper is not a 'shortened' sleeper who used to sleep for longer and then decided to restrict him- or herself, nor does the longer sleeper have a sleep disorder.

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