1.Mitochondrial DNA and STR analyses for human DNA from maggots crop contents: A forensic entomology case from central-southern China
Li, X. ; Cai, J.F.* ; Guo, Y.D. ; Xiong, F. ; Zhang, L. ; Feng, H. ; Meng, F.M. ; Fu, Y. ; Li, J.B. ; Chen, Y.Q.
Tropical Biomedicine 2011;28(2):333-338
Insect larvae and adult insects found on human corpses can provide important
forensic evidence however it is useful to be able to prove evidence of association. Without
this, it could be claimed that the insect evidence was a contaminant or had been planted on
the body. This paper describes how mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and STR analysis of the crop
contents of larvae of the blowfly Aldrichina grahami collected from separated body parts
was used to provide evidence of association.
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