| molecular identification of forensically important blow fly species (diptera: calliphoridae) in taiwan. | forensic entomology is a discipline that mainly uses insects collected in and around corpses to estimate the post-mortem interval in medicocriminal investigations. among all scavenger and necrophagous insect groups that are related to corpses, blow flies (diptera: calliphoridae) are probably most important, not only because they occur in abundant numbers but also because they are one of the earliest groups to find corpses. however, most entomological evidence is strongly dependent on accurate sp ... | 2004 | 14989345 |
| application of forensic entomology to postmortem interval determination of a burned human corpse: a homicide case report from southern taiwan. | determining the postmortem interval (pmi) is strongly impacted by several variables, which consequently results in inaccuracy in the estimation of pmi used in court trials. a pmi experiment was conducted in kaohsiung county by disposing a burned pig corpse in the woods. one month later, unexpectedly and interestingly, a homicide case, very similar to this mock study, occurred at a distance of 6 km away from the experimental site. the female victim had been killed and burned. the maggots collecte ... | 2007 | 17908671 |