Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae): A natural model organism for extreme environments.
Antarctica
Belgica antarctica
Chironomidae
stress adaptation
Journal
Insect science
ISSN: 1744-7917
Titre abrégé: Insect Sci
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101266965
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Historique:
revised:
17
03
2021
received:
16
02
2021
accepted:
23
03
2021
pubmed:
30
4
2021
medline:
19
2
2022
entrez:
29
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae), a brachypterous midge endemic to the maritime Antarctic, was first described in 1900. Over more than a century of study, a vast amount of information has been compiled on the species (3 750 000 Google search results as of January 10, 2021), encompassing its ecology and biology, life cycle and reproduction, polytene chromosomes, physiology, biochemistry and, increasingly, omics. In 2014, B. antarctica's genome was sequenced, further boosting research. Certain developmental stages can be cultured successfully in the laboratory. Taken together, this wealth of information allows the species to be viewed as a natural model organism for studies of adaptation and function in extreme environments.
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pubmed: 33913258
doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12925
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Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : the BAS "Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation" Team
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© 2021 The Authors. Insect Science published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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