A5042820969- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
- Insect and Pesticide Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2002-2023
Entomological evidence is most often used for estimating the postmortem interval, but fly larvae can also be a source of vertebrate DNA. Forensic analysis DNA recovered from larva's gut to identify what larva had been feeding on. During our previous research studies, we same extraction dual purpose identifying insect species and associating maggot with its last meal. In experience, have encountered several situations where this method corpse would useful, such as removal remains suspected...
Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a maggot crop can identify the corpse has been feeding on. Analysis could be useful in criminal investigation if maggots are found at suspected crime scene absence body, or there is question whether used postmortem interval estimations moved onto from another food source. Such also resolve chain custody dispute it suggested that larval samples have switched. When recovering crop, analyst must careful to avoid external contamination. We investigated effects three...
DNA analysis of maggot crop contents can be used to identify a missing body or aid entomologists with interpreting evidence for PMI estimations. Entomological is often collected and preserved keep identifiable external features intact. The preservation methods currently in use may not suitable preserving the later analysis. In this study, carrion maggots raised on human tissue were under following 8 conditions: no fluid at -70 degrees C, 4 24 70% ethanol 95% Kahle's solution C formaldehyde...
We present high-throughput amplicon sequence (HTS) datasets of the purified microbial metacommunity DNA coastal surface sediments from Portersville Bay (PVB) (
Under normal circumstances, a test specimen is reported as "negative" when the response of analyte absent. However, if intensity internal standard (IS) low, indicating interference factors, could be considered "inconclusive." A quantitative hypothesis, = (R × I S)/L, serves "cutoff" for acceptable signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio IS in making "negative/inconclusive" decisions, where S/N standard; R relative and (same concentration); concentration IS; S (minimal ratio); L limit detection. The...