DNA analysis of maggot crop contents can be used to identify a missing body or aid
entomologists with interpreting evidence used for PMI estimations. Entomological evidence …

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a maggot crop can identify the corpse a maggot has been
feeding on. Analysis of the crop could be useful in a criminal investigation if maggots are …

During the course of our forensic investigations, we have encountered situations where it
would have been useful to have evidence, other than direct contact between the two, for …

Frequently, forensic entomology is applied in the use of insect maggots for the identification
of specimens or remains of humans. Maggot crop analysis could be valuable in criminal …

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 …

Dipterous fly larvae (maggots) are frequently collected from a corpse during a criminal
investigation. Previous studies showed that DNA analysis of the gastrointestinal contents of …

The isolation, amplification, and characterization of human DNA from hematophagous
(blood feeding) and necrophagous (carrion feeding) arthropods have been advanced …

METHODS We tested the reliability of mtDNA analysis for identification of 22 species of large
mammals. We obtained muscle, heart, kidney, liver, brain, or blood samples collected by …

The poachers adopted various cunning ways to modify the wildlife materials before
commercialization. Thus, the confiscated wildlife materials is often a crime with no …

Entomological evidence is most often used for estimating the postmortem interval, but fly
larvae can also be a source of vertebrate DNA. Forensic analysis of DNA recovered from a …