Molecular identification and genetic variations of forensically significant blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Eastern India using DNA barcoding.

Flies, especially those from the Calliphoridae family, play a crucial role in decomposition and are the first to colonize a cadaver. Firstly, accurate species identification is a prerequisite for entomological evidence-based calculation of postmortem interval (PMI). While morphological criteria for...

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Main Authors: Oishik Kar, Arka Mukherjee, Koustav Mukherjee, Debdeep Pramanik, Atanu Naskar, Dhriti Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327039
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