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Challenging Evolutionary Paradigms: Daphnia Populations Resurrected From Unpolluted Environments Show Enhanced Detoxification Ability to Aromatic Pollutants

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 4, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding how organisms respond to chemical stress requires disentangling genetically encoded (constitutive) adaptations from environmentally induced (plastic) responses. This challenge is particularly acute for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), widespread aquatic pollutants with well‐documented toxicity, where mechanisms of ...
Florian Gigl, Muhammad Abdullahi, Sam Benkwitz‐Bedford, Niamh Eastwood, Jiarui Zhou, Henner Hollert, Luisa Orsini   +6 more
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Sex‐Specific Response to Predator Auditory Cues in Asian Corn Borer (Ostrinia furnacalis)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
Females downregulate more DEGs; males upregulate under predation risk. Males boost ecdysteroid; females reduce fecundity under bat ultrasound. Female O. furnacalis reacted more strongly to auditory cues of bats than males. ABSTRACT Predation risk has profound effects on prey from phenotype to gene expression.
Li Wang, Qiang Qu, Qiulin Guo, Junhao Guan, Jiayi Zhao, Yue Zhu, Tinglei Jiang, Jiang Feng, Hui Wu   +8 more
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Accessory gland as a site for prothoracicotropic hormone controlled ecdysone synthesis in adult male insects. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Insect steroid hormones (ecdysteroids) are important for female reproduction in many insect species and are required for the initiation and coordination of vital developmental processes.
Julie L Hentze, Morten E Moeller, Anne F Jørgensen, Meghan S Bengtsson, Anna M Bordoy, James T Warren, Lawrence I Gilbert, Ole Andersen, Kim F Rewitz   +8 more
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Metabolism of Epoxidised Withanolides by a Generalist and a Specialist Insect Species

ChemistryOpen, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2025.
Larvae of Heliothis (Chloridea) virescence and subflexa have the ability to convert the epoxidized terpenoid 4β‐hydroxywithanolide E (4BHWE) to withanolide S. The conversion is found by feeding the larvae an artificial diet supplemented with 13C‐labeled 4BHWE.
Marie Pauline Sell, Christian Paetz, Felix Feistel, David G. Heckel, Yannick Pauchet   +4 more
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Exploring the potentials of Sesuvium portulacastrum L. for edibility and bioremediation of saline soils

Frontiers in Plant Science
Sesuvium portulacastrum L. is a flowering succulent halophyte in the ice plant family Aizoaceae. There are various ecotypes distributed in sandy coastlines and salty marshlands in tropical and subtropical regions with the common name of sea purslane ...
Wenbin Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Dan Wang, Dan Wang, Dingding Cao, Dingding Cao, Jianjun Chen, Xiangying Wei, Xiangying Wei   +8 more
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Consistent and flexible maternal effects: how the environments of a mother influence the offspring phenotype

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2641-2659, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The environment experienced by a mother influences offspring phenotype through maternal effects, which can have significant adaptive benefits for both the mother and the offspring. However, the ways in which maternal environments influence offspring development are extremely diverse, and empirical studies using an outcome‐based approach often ...
Sin‐Yeon Kim, Judith Morales
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The role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the CNS metamorphosis in flesh fly (Neobellieria bullata) larvae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2005
The role of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in the metamorphosis of the central nervous system was investigated by recording feeding, wandering and pupariation behaviour as the measures of hormonal effects on the neural tissues in the flesh fly Neobellieria ...
Petr MYŠKA, Jan ŽĎÁREK
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Environmental RNA‐Based Metatranscriptomics as a Novel Biomonitoring Tool: A Case Study of Glyphosate‐Based Herbicide Effects on Freshwater Eukaryotic Communities

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 22, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Traditional morphology‐ and molecular‐based biodiversity surveys provide essential information on species composition and diversity, but they rarely provide information about the physiological states of organisms, which are key indicators of ecosystem health.
Xiaoping He, Takahiro Maruki, Wendy B. Morgado‐Gamero, Rowan D. H. Barrett, Vincent Fugère, Gregor F. Fussmann, Andrew Gonzalez, B. Jesse Shapiro, Melania E. Cristescu   +8 more
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APPi: A Multiscale Qualitative–Quantitative Insecticide‐Likeness Evaluation Platform and Application

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 23, Issue 11, Page 4844-4856, November 2025.
An Agrochem Predictive Platform for Insecticide‐likeness: From Qualitative Rules to Quantitative Modeling and Visualization. ABSTRACT According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), pests reduce global crop production by 14% annually. The growing challenge of pest resistance, coupled with the relatively low success rates
Jia‐lin Cui, Qi He, Bin‐yan Jin, Xin‐peng Sun, Hua Li, Yue Wei, Xiao‐ming Zhang, Li Zhang   +7 more
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Stress in dipteran insects mass‐reared for sterile insect technique applications

Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 1495-1523, October 2025.
The connections between biotic and abiotic stress affecting mass‐reared dipteran insects and the associated stress and immunological responses. Numbers indicate the order in which the topics are discussed in this review. Abstract Stress may be viewed as the disturbance of homeostasis of an organism.
Caroline K. Mirieri, Vera I.D. Ros, Adly M.M. Abd‐Alla, Monique M. van Oers   +3 more
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