PCR-RFLP identification of Diptera (Calliphoridae, Muscidae and Sarcophagidae) - A generally applicable method

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 783-785

  Ratcliffe, Susan T ^a   Webb, Donald W ^b   Weinzievr, Richard A ^a   Robertson, Hugh M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; ITS regions; RDNA

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYA MACELLARIA; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INSECT; LARVA; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME OF DEATH; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0038387720     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002136     Document Type: Article

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