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The use of COI barcodes for molecular identification of forensically important fly species in Germany.
Parasitology research - 1 Jun 2012
Boehme Petra, Amendt Jens, Zehner Richard
Abstract excerpt
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based insect identification has become a routine and accurate tool in forensic entomology. In the present study, we demonstrate the utility of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I gene "barcoding region" as a universal marker for molecular identification of forensically important Diptera. We analyzed 111 specimens belonging to 13 species originating from Frankfurt am Main,...
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