“Human #follicular #mites: #ectoparasites becoming #symbionts” (Smith et al. 2022)
Do you think about the mites that live in your #face #follicles and come out at #night while you #sleep? Maybe you should!
They’ve #evolved a tiny #genome.
Each leg segment is powered by only one #muscle cell.
They follow your sleep cycles by responding to your #melatonin.
Lowest number of cells of any #arthropod.
If you find this intriguingly #weird, this paper is for you! 
@dezene So when I have insomnia, it's really a "we have insomnia" situation?
@gretchenpatch Haha yes! :)