"Here, we report that a high sugar diet reduces Drosophila female fertility by increasing death of early germline cysts (prior to follicle formation) and degeneration of vitellogenic follicles; that obesity in and of itself does not impair fertility; and that high glucose levels closely correlate with reduced fertility on a high sugar diet."

#preprint #Drosophila #Metabolism

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.02.530894v1