MtDNA-based identification of Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) and Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the continental United States

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 102-109

  DeBry, Ronald W ^a   Timm, Alicia E ^a   Dahlem, Gregory A ^b   Stamper, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

28S ribosomal RNA; Cytochrome oxidase I; DNA sequence data; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 28S;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84755161022     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.038     Document Type: Article

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