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A pesticide hijacks a neurohormonal circuit to block ovulation in insects

2026-07-05

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The global decline of insect populations threatens ecosystem stability, yet the hidden physiological impacts of sublethal pesticide exposure remain largely uncharted. Here we show that emamectin benzoate (EB), a widely used insecticide, suppresses female fertility not by disrupting egg development, but by specifically blocking ovulation. Through a systematic genetic screen in Drosophila, we identify the glutamate-...

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Literature Corpus work: a73e9514-9c1d-5397-9179-d15f9e70e77c
DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.30.735649

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