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DNA-based characterisation and classification of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Malaysia.
Forensic science international - 15 Jun 2010
Tan Siew Hwa, Rizman-Idid Mohammed, Mohd-Aris Edah, Kurahashi Hiromu, Mohamed Zulqarnain
Abstract excerpt
Insect larvae and adult insects found on human corpses provide important clues for the estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI). Among all necrophagous insects, flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) are considered as carrion flies of forensic importance. DNA variations of 17 Malaysian, two Indonesian and one Japanese flesh fly species are analysed using the mitochondrial COI and COII. These two DNA regions were...
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