Species identification of some common necrophagous flies in Guangdong province, southern China based on the rDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Song, ZhongKui ^a,b   Wang, XunZhang ^a   Liang, GeQiu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Forensic entomology; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Muscidae; Necrophagous flies; Sarcophagidae; Species identification

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 38649101597     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.04.227     Document Type: Article

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