Since 2004, University Distinguished Professor of Biology Richard Lee has studied this extremeophile, the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. This wingless midge is the only true insect found on ...

See About archive blog posts. “Whoa! That’s so cool!” Julian Guzman shrieked as he spotted an image of wingless midge larvae.

Tiniest Insect Genome SequencedLike other flies, the midge has 13,500 functional genes. Among these, the team found an abundance of genes associated with development, regulation of metabolism, and ...