Mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I gene: potential for distinction between immature stages of some forensically important fly species (Diptera) in western Australia.

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Forensic entomology requires the fast and accurate identification of insects collected from a corpse for estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI). Identification of specimens is traditionally performed using morphological features of the insect. Morphological identification may be complicated however by the numerical diversity of species and physical similarity between different species, particularly in...

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