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Size at emergence improves accuracy of age estimates in forensically-useful beetle Creophilus maxillosus L. (Staphylinidae)

Insects colonizing human or animal cadavers may be used to estimate post-mortem interval (PMI) usually by aging larvae or pupae sampled on a crime scene. The accuracy of insect age estimates in a forensic context is reduced by large intraspecific variation in insect development time. Here we test th...

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Autores principales: Matuszewski, Szymon, Frątczak-Łagiewska, Katarzyna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29402934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20796-1