Identification of forensically important fly eggs using a potassium permanganate staining technique

Micron

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-395

  Sukontason, Kom ^a   Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Boonchu, Noppawan ^a   Kurahashi, Hiromu ^b   Hope, Michelle ^c   Olson, Jimmy K ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fly egg; Forensic entomology; Identification; Staining

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; OVUM; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; STAINING AND LABELING;

ALDRICHINA GRAHAMI; CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; FABRICIUS; LUCILIA CUPRINA; MEGACEPHALA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 1542443490     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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