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The availability of 16S rRNA for the identification of forensically important flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in China.
Tropical biomedicine - 1 Aug 2010
Li X, Cai J F, Guo Y D, Wu K L, Wang J F, Liu Q L, Wang X H, Chang Y F, Yang L, Lan L M, Zhong M, Wang X, Song C, Liu Y, Li J B, Dai Z H
Abstract excerpt
Many species of Muscidae are cosmopolitan synanthropic insects. It is frequently found on dead bodies after death, so an accurate identification of each species is necessary for the correct estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI). Identification species of Muscidae is traditionally performed through their morphological features. However, the morphological similarity of Muscidae in the level of species usually...
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