Molecular Toxonomy of Forensically Important Carrion Flies using mt (DNA COI) Sarika Bansode1,*, Vitthal More2, Vinod Ragade1 1Department of Zoology, Kelkar Education Trust’s V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mithagar Road, Mulund (East), Mumbai400081, Maharashtra, India 2Department of Zoology, Government College of Arts and Science, Aurangabad431004, Maharashtra, India *Email: sarikaabansode@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0003-2169-5764
Online Published on 18 October, 2023. Abstract Identification of forensically important carrion flies is made challenging by the lack of taxonomists and morphological identification keys. The eggs or larvae are difficult to identify morphologically, and in such cases, molecular technique, DNA Barcoding specific to mt (DNA COI) provides a genuine substitute. The mtCOI of two Calliphoridae species, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya rufifacies and one Sarcophagidae species, Sarcophaga dux are examined in the present study for molecular identification. Top Keywords Molecular identification, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya. rufifacies, Sarcophaga dux, Forensic, Maggots, Carrion flies, mtDNA. Top |