Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Enhancing post-mortem interval estimates: refinements of technical, morphometrical, and species considerations within forensic entomology

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bourne, Donald Richard, Thesis advisor (ths): Beresford, David V, Thesis advisor (ths): Kyle, Christopher J, Degree committee member (dgc): LeBlanc, Helene N, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The growth of immature insects that develop on human remains can be used to estimate a post-mortem interval (PMI). PMI estimate confidence is negatively affected by: larval killing and preservation methods altering their size, limited morphological parameters to assess larval growth and therefore age, and few available alternate species development data. I compared live specimens to… more
Full Text: ENHANCING POST-MORTEM INTERVAL ESTIMATES: REFINEMENTS OF TECHNICAL, MORPHOMETRICAL, AND SPECIES CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …