title: [The relationship between the postmortem interval and the changes of DNA content in rabbit's cornea epithelial and endothelium by the computerized image analysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the relationship between the postmortem interval (PMI) and the changes of DNA content in rabbit's cornea epithelial and endothelium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the computerized image analysis to measure the DNA content in the cornea epithelial and endothelium of 105 rabbit's at every six hours during 72 hours after death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The degradation rate of DNA in nuclear has an apparent relationship in 72 hours after death of the rabbits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The determination of the quantity of DNA in cornea nuclear is a new method to estimate the PMI accurately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Nanhua University, Hengyang 421001, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-quan
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000737:chemistry*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011817:Rabbits; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004247:DNA