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About Belgica antarctica
Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica. At 2--6 mm (0.079--0.236 in) long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal on the continent, as well as its only insect. It also has the smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs of nucleotides (and about 13,500 genes) [1].
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Taxonomy ID 315563
Data source Kelley and Denlinger Labs
Comparative genomics
What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.
More about comparative analyses
Phylogenetic overview of gene families
Download alignments (EMF)
Variation
This species currently has no variation database. However you can process your own variants using the Variant Effect Predictor: