... development as a biological sensor. 12 01 2005 20 03 2005 27 07 2005 forensic science forensic entomology Microplitis croceipes parasitic wasp biological sensor 2,4-DNT References Rains   GC , Tomberlin   JK , D'Alessandro   M , Lewis   WJ . Limits...

... forensic science forensic anthropology forensic entomology decomposition accumulated degree-days postmortem interval References Payne   J A . A summer carrion study of the baby pig Sus scrofa Linnaeus . Ecology   0012-9658 1965 ; 46 : 592 – 602 . Reed   H . A study of dog...

...ML Harvey, BSc An important area of recent research in forensic entomology has been the use of insect DNA to provide identification of insects for fast and accurate estimation of time since death. This requires DNA to be extracted efficiently and in a state suitable for use in molecular procedures...

...S Pérez, B.Sc.; P Duque, M.Sc.; M Wolff, Dr.Sc. Forensic entomology is a scientific tool applied to the study of insect or arthropod succession at the scene of a crime or that associated with an accident or natural death. Interpreting this succession provides information to determine minimum...

... science forensic entomology Anthropology Research Facility (ARF) arthropod saturation hypothesis predatory and parasitic arthropods carrion-arthropod succession References Shahid   SA , Schoenly   KG , Haskell   NH , Hall   RD , Zhang   W.   Carcass enrichment does not alter...

... of Time After Body Discovery on the Accuracy of Retrospective Weather Station Ambient Temperature Corrections in Forensic Entomology ABSTRACT: Weather station data are used by forensic entomologists to estimate ambient temperatures at body discovery sites. Correlation data from sites may also be collected...

... successfully amplified from maggots stored in ethanol or without any preservation fluid. Formalin-containing preservation solutions reduced the recovery of DNA. The best results were observed from maggots stored without any preservation fluid at 70 C. KEYWORDS: forensic science, forensic entomology...

...: forensic science, forensic entomology, STR typing, hypervariable regions, crop content, maggots Investigation of insect larvae found on human corpses is an important method for estimating the postmortem interval (PMI). Immature stages, mostly fly maggots, are collected from and around the corpse at a crime...

... species of Lepidoptera was observed on carrion. 24 03 2003 21 03 2003 01 09 2003 forensic science forensic entomology insect fauna carrion decomposition References Brodgon   BG . Forensic radiology . Boca Raton : CRC Press , 1998 . Donchin   J , Rivkind...

... the method to identify the morphologically similar Diptera larvae that are important in forensic entomology for estimating the time and location of death. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify a region from the 18S to the 28S rRNA genes. The ITS1 and ITS2 regions provided variation between...

... development threshold (tL) for total immature development is 7.4°C, and the overall thermal constant (K) for L. argyrostoma is 396.4 19.18 (mean S.D.) day-degrees (DD) above the threshold. KEYWORDS: forensic science, Liopygia argyrostoma, Sarcophaga argyrostoma, Sarcophagidae, forensic entomology...

... of submergence and hence time of death. 14 09 2000 01 05 2001 01 01 2002 forensic science forensic entomology decomposition insects freshwater submerged bodies References Sheldon   AL . Colonization dynamics of aquatic insects in ecology of aquatic insects , VH   Resh...

... be obtained from the dissected gut of a maggot that had fed on human tissue. These data can be used to identify both the human corpse upon which the maggot had been feeding and the species of the maggot itself. 02 05 2000 05 07 2000 forensic science forensic entomology mitochondrial DNA...

... forensic science forensic entomology larvae blowflies Calliphora Calliphoridae allozyme electrophoresis identification Australia References Greenberg   B . Flies as forensic indicators . Ann Entomol Soc Am 1991 ; 28 : 565 - 77 . Turner   B D . Forensic entomology...

... or living necrophagous insects are absent. 01 02 2000 20 06 2000 22 06 2000 forensic science immunohistochemistry morphine Calliphora vomitoria forensic entomology References Beyer   J C , Enos   W F , Stajic   M . Drug identification through analysis...

... of necrophagous Coleoptera, as well as Diptera larvae, as alternate specimens for toxicological analyses. 01 02 2000 20 06 2000 22 06 2000 forensic science forensic entomology toxicology Coleoptera morphine References Pounder   D J . Forensic entomo-toxicology . J...

... forensic indicators in South-eastern Brazil. However, only three species were useful as forensic indicators in wooded areas: P. intermutans, H. segmentaria , and H. semidiaphana . 14 02 2000 05 07 2000 10 07 2000 forensic science forensic entomology decomposition succession...

... forensic entomology References Hédouin   V , Bourel   B , Martin-Bouyer   L , Bécart   A , Tournel   G , Deveaux   M , et al   Determination of drug levels in larvae of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) reared on rabbit carcasses containing morphine . J Forensic Sci...

... progressed. KEYWORDS: forensic science, forensic entomology, Hawaii, decomposition, hanging, entomology, succession, postmortem interval celerate the invasion of a body by insects and other arthropods (1,4). One situation which, to date, has not been adequately documented is the possible change in rates...

...), and Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, at several temperatures. forensic science Calliphoridae Phormia regina Phaenicia sericata Eucalliphora latifrons Lucilia illustris and Calliphora vicina forensic entomology developmental rates References Busvine   J R . Insects...