Isolation and detection of ingested DNA from the immature stages of Calliphora dubia (Diptera: Calliphoridae): A forensically important blowfly

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Carvalho, Filipa ^a   Dadour, Ian R ^a   Groth, David M ^b   Harvey, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphoridae; DNA extraction; Forensic entomology; Larvae

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044433562     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/FSMP:1:4:261     Document Type: Article

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