Belgica antarctica(Diptera: Chironomidae): A natural modelorganism for extreme environments  

作　　者：Iryna Kozeretska Svitlana Serga Pavlo Kovalenko Volodymyr Gorobchyshynand Peter Convey 

机构地区：[1]National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine,01601,Taras Shevchenko blv.,16,Kyiv,Ukraine [2]Taras Shevchenko National Universityof Kyiv,Department General and Medical Genetics,01601,Volodymyrska str.,64/13,Kyiv,Ukraine [3]State Institution«Institute for Evolu-tionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine»,Department of Population Dynamics,03143,Lebedeva str.,37,Kyiv,Ukraine and4British Antarctic Survey,NERC,High Cross,Madingley Road,Cambridge CB30ET,United Kingdom

出　　处：《Insect Science》2022年第1期2-20,共19页昆虫科学（英文版）

摘　　要：Belgica antarctica(Diptera:Chironomidae),a brachypterous midge endemicto 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(3750000 Google searchresults as of January 10,2021),encompassing its ecology and biology,life cycle and re-production,polytene chromosomes,physiology,biochemistry and,increasingly,omics.In2014,B.antarctica’s genome was sequenced,further boosting research.Certain develop-mental stages can be cultured successfully in the laboratory.Taken together,this wealthof information allows the species to be viewed as a natural model organism for studies ofadaptation and function in extreme environments.

关 键 词：Belgica antarctica CHIRONOMIDAE stress adaptation ANTARCTICA 

分 类 号：Q96[生物学—昆虫学]