Application of DNA-based methods in forensic entomology

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-120

  Wells, Jeffrey D ^a   Stevens, Jamie R ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death investigation; Molecular systematics; Population genetics; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH JUICE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; INSECTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 40349111684     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091423     Document Type: Review

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