[Advances of forensic entomology in China].
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.
Lan
Ling-mei
LM
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China. lanlinmei100@sohu.com
Liao
Zhi-gang
ZG
Chen
Yao-qing
YQ
Yao
Yue
Y
Li
Jian-bo
JB
Li
Mao-yang
MY
Cai
Ji-feng
JF
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