Transient Exposure to Low Levels of Insecticide Affects Metabolic Networks of Honeybee Larvae

Kamila Derecka; Martin J. Blythe; Sunir Malla; Diane P. Genereux; Alessandro Guffanti; Paolo Pavan; Anna Moles; Charles Snart; Thomas Ryder; Catharine A. Ortori; David A. Barrett; Eugene Schuster; Reinhard Stöger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068191

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Transient Exposure to Low Levels of Insecticide Affects Metabolic Networks of Honeybee Larvae

Kamila Derecka,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Martin J. Blythe,

Affiliation Deep Seq, Centre for Genetics and Genomics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Sunir Malla,

Affiliation Deep Seq, Centre for Genetics and Genomics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Diane P. Genereux,

Affiliation Biology Department, Westfield State University, Westfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alessandro Guffanti,

Affiliation Genomnia srl, Lainate, Milan, Italy
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Paolo Pavan,

Affiliation Genomnia srl, Lainate, Milan, Italy
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Anna Moles,

Affiliation Genomnia srl, Lainate, Milan, Italy
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Charles Snart,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Thomas Ryder,

Affiliation Parks Apiaries, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Catharine A. Ortori,

Affiliation Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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David A. Barrett,

Affiliation Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Eugene Schuster,

Affiliation Institute of Healthy Ageing, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Reinhard Stöger

* E-mail: reinhard.stoger@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Transient Exposure to Low Levels of Insecticide Affects Metabolic Networks of Honeybee Larvae

Kamila Derecka,
Martin J. Blythe,
Sunir Malla,
Diane P. Genereux,
Alessandro Guffanti,
Paolo Pavan,
Anna Moles,
Charles Snart,
Thomas Ryder,
Catharine A. Ortori

Published: July 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068191

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Publication: Discovery News
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Publication: University of Nottingham
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