Comprehensive coverage of human last meal components revealed by a forensic DNA metabarcoding approach

Abstract Stomach content analyses are a valuable tool in human forensic science to interpret perimortem events. While the identification of food components of plant and animal origin has traditionally been conducted by macro- and microscopical approaches in case of incomplete digestion, molecular me...

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Main Authors: Judith Schneider, Eduard Mas-Carrió, Catherine Jan, Christian Miquel, Pierre Taberlet, Katarzyna Michaud, Luca Fumagalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88418-x