title: [Advances of forensic entomology in China].
abstract: Forensic entomology is a branch of forensic medicine, which applies studies of insects and arthropods to getting evidence for court and has an analogous advantage in the estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI) and other questions of forensic relevance. The paper expounds its definition and contents and reviews some progress of the studies in some aspects in China such as the constitution and succession of insect community on the different cadavers, the applications of morphological features of insects and the technology of analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in forensic entomology, and forensic entomological toxicology etc.
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China. lanlinmei100@sohu.com
authors.forename: Ling-mei
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Zhi-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yao-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Jian-bo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mao-yang
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ji-feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development; D004772:Entomology; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D009117:Muscidae; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013997:Time Factors