Preliminary assessment of cephalopharyngeal skeleton length and body length of Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae as potential parameters to estimate minimum post mortem interval
Abstract Entomological evidence can be utilized in forensic investigation to estimate the elapsed time after death or minimum post mortem interval estimation (PMImin). This estimation is based on the age of dipterous specimens feeding on decomposing human tissues, which commonly refers to their larv...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-06-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-018-0070-x |