Do you know our sleep is affected genes???

THE scientists found that some people need time to sleep longer than others because they have different genes. People with a gene known as ABCC9, for example, takes 30 minutes longer to sleep each night compared to the other. The results were revealed by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. Their findings are based on research of human sleep patterns and fly genes. According to them, time flies without the gene ABCC9 slept three hours less than the flies without the gene ABCC9. Scientists said the presence of these genes in humans to explain why some people sleep more than eight hours, which is used as a benchmark the average hours of normal sleep in the study. "The tendency to sleep shorter or longer often occur in families despite the fact that the number of hours of sleep a person can also be influenced by factors of age, latitude, season, and the rhythm of the body," said Dr Jim Wilson of the University of Edinburgh. More than 10,000 people in several European countries involved in the research and provide information about how long they sleep each night and also provided blood samples for DNA analysis. They also found that changes in the number of hours of daylight because of seasonal changes on the site located at different latitudes appear to also affect the amount of sleep a person needs. However further research is needed to determine the effect of season and location of the actual geography. The team of scientists from Germany and Britain also said the results of their research is important because lack of sleep is usually associated with many health problems, including obesity and heart disease.