The Common Water Flea, Daphnia Pulex (IMAGE) MDI Biological Laboratory Caption The common water flea, Daphnia pulex, will be used as a model organism to study how genetic function is influenced by manmade environmental stress at a population level in a course on Environmental Genomics to be held at the MDI Biological Laboratory July 30, 2016 through Aug. 06, 2016. Credit MDI Biological Laboratory Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.