title: [The relationship between the postmortem interval and growing of the fly].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the growing of flies on body after different postmortem interval.
  
  
  METHODS
  In natural environment, time points when flies coming, gathering, making eggs, and maggots pupating, emergencing were observed on a female body died of disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The time when flies coming, gathering, making eggs, and maggots pupating, changing to chrysalis, and emergencing were 0.2, 28, 44, 60, 112 and 248 h after one's death, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study may be used in PMI estimation.
authors.affiliation: Center of Forensic Medicine, Nanhua University, Hengyang 421001.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D010063:Ovum / Q000254:growth & development; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011679:Pupa; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors