A microbial clock provides an accurate estimate of the postmortem interval in a mouse model system

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Metcalf, Jessica L ^a   Parfrey, Laura Wegener ^a   Gonzalez, Antonio ^a   Lauber, Christian L ^a   Knights, Dan ^b,c   Ackermann, Gail ^a   Humphrey, Gregory C ^a   Gebert, Matthew J ^a   Van Treuren, Will ^a   Berg Lyons, Donna ^a   Keepers, Kyle ^a   Guo, Yan ^d   Bullard, James ^e   Fierer, Noah ^a   Carter, David O ^f   Knight, Rob ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Pacifc Biosciences   (United States)

^e Biostatistics Quintiles   (United States)

^f CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

^g University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; B6C3F1 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; RUPTURE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TIME OF DEATH;

ANIMALS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; MICE; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84885895443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01104.001     Document Type: Article

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