Species-specific brain transcriptomic responses to clothianidin and sulfoxaflor in pollinators.

Alicja Witwicka, Federico López-Osorio, Courtney May, Yeahji Jeong, Yannick Wurm

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alicja WitwickaBiology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Federico López-OsorioBiology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Courtney MayBiology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Yeahji JeongBiology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Yannick WurmBiology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

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Abstract

Insects that pollinate essential crops are frequently exposed to neurotoxic insecticides. Although most pollinators belong to insect lineages that diverged hundreds of millions of years ago, insecticide safety tests focus on a few model bee species. Here, we used comparative whole-brain transcriptomics to test whether sulfoxaflor and clothianidin elicit similar or distinct responses across four phylogenetically diverse pollinators:

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acetamipridbeesbutterfliesfliesneonicotinoidspesticide assessmentspecies-specific effectstoxicogenomics

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PMID42540610

DOI10.1016/j.isci.2026.116878

PMCPMC13426221

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