ArticleEcotoxicology (London, England)2013
Endocrine disruption of sexual selection by an estrogenic herbicide in the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor).
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- Paternal exposure to a common herbicide alters the behavior and serotonergic system of zebrafish offspring.PloS one · 2020Article
- Feeding study for the mycotoxin zearalenone in yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae-investigation of biological impact and metabolic conversion.Mycotoxin research · 2019Article
- Nosema ceranae, Fipronil and their combination compromise honey bee reproduction via changes in male physiology.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Drone exposure to the systemic insecticide Fipronil indirectly impairs queen reproductive potential.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Amphibians with infectious disease increase their reproductive effort: evidence for the terminal investment hypothesis.Open biology · 2016Article
- Effects of atrazine exposure on male reproductive performance in Drosophila melanogaster.Journal of insect physiology · 2015Article
- Sublethal effects of atrazine and glyphosate on life history traits of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae).Parasitology research · 2014Article
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Abstract
The role that endocrine disruption could play in sexual selection remains relatively untested, and although estrogens occur in insects, little information exists about their biological role in insect reproduction. Atrazine is a commonly applied herbicide that mimics estrogen in vertebrates. Tenebrio molitor were raised from egg to adult under a gradation of environmentally relevant atrazine exposures and a non-treated control. Atrazine was delivered in the drinking water ad libitum. Female T. molitor were provided with a choice between unrelated males raised under three levels of atrazine exposures. Female preference for males demonstrated a non-monotonic inverted U-shaped response to atrazine exposure. There was no significant difference between the control and the high exposure to atrazine. Excluding the control, female preference increased as exposure concentration increased. These results have important repercussions for nonlethal effects of endocrine disruption on populations, their capacity to interfere with sexual selection, and the role of estrogen in pheromone communication among insects.
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