- Title
- Advances in entomological methods for death time estimation
- Creator
- Villet, Martin H, Amendt, Jens
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/441722
- Identifier
- vital:73910
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-249-6_11
- Description
- The development of entomological methods for estimating the time of death has been rapid in the last decade, and new methods are on the horizon. These developments are reviewed with specific reference to experimental design, established and new techniques, and mathematical modelling for forensic retrodiction. The techniques include the use of electron microscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, and real-time PCR to estimate the age of immature insects found on corpses, based on their stage of development. Near-infrared spectrograph and pteridine fluorescence techniques can be applied to this task on adult insects. The use of ecological succession in the carrion insect community is also introduced briefly. Finally, the creation and uses of standard techniques in forensic entomology is discussed. We recommend that two steps in this standardisation process are that physiological and ecological studies should be reported in physiological time wherever this is appropriate, and that the type of post-mortem interval being estimated should be stipulated more explicitly than is currently common.
- Format
- 23 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Forensic pathology reviews, Villet, M.H. and Amendt, J., 2011. Advances in entomological methods for death time estimation. Forensic pathology reviews, pp.213-237, Forensic pathology reviews volume 2011 number 1 213 237 2011 978-1-61779-248-9
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 15. Life On Land
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