A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology

The variation occurred in cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile may hinder its potential as an alternative character for species identification, and may affect the application of this technique in taxonomy. Since differences in CHC composition was detected at insects’ development stages, there is a po...

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Main Author:	Rizoh, Bin Bosorang
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Q Science (General) QH Natural history QH301 Biology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20966/1/Rizoh%20Bosorang%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.209662023-06-27T09:37:39Z A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology 2017 Rizoh, Bin Bosorang Q Science (General) QH Natural history QH301 Biology The variation occurred in cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile may hinder its potential as an alternative character for species identification, and may affect the application of this technique in taxonomy. Since differences in CHC composition was detected at insects’ development stages, there is a possibility that this variation could be used to estimate insect age based on its cuticular hydrocarbon profile. Thus, this study aim to investigate the potential of CHC composition as an alternative character for species identification and for age determination. This study was conducted mainly on forensically important blowfly Chrysomya megacephala as this species is one of the most significant group for post mortem interval (PMI) estimation during the first two weeks of decomposition and the most prevalent calliphorid species recovered from corpses or animal carcasses in Malaysia. This thesis present work examining the distribution and variation of CHC composition of forensically important blowfly C. megacephala between localities, generations and developmental stages with two main objectives. unimas 2017 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20966/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20966/1/Rizoh%20Bosorang%20ft.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral UNIMAS
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description	The variation occurred in cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile may hinder its potential as an alternative character for species identification, and may affect the application of this technique in taxonomy. Since differences in CHC composition was detected at insects’ development stages, there is a possibility that this variation could be used to estimate insect age based on its cuticular hydrocarbon profile. Thus, this study aim to investigate the potential of CHC composition as an alternative character for species identification and for age determination. This study was conducted mainly on forensically important blowfly Chrysomya megacephala as this species is one of the most significant group for post mortem interval (PMI) estimation during the first two weeks of decomposition and the most prevalent calliphorid species recovered from corpses or animal carcasses in Malaysia. This thesis present work examining the distribution and variation of CHC composition of forensically important blowfly C. megacephala between localities, generations and developmental stages with two main objectives.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Rizoh, Bin Bosorang
author_facet	Rizoh, Bin Bosorang
author_sort	Rizoh, Bin Bosorang
title	A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology
title_short	A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology
title_full	A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology
title_fullStr	A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology
title_full_unstemmed	A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology
title_sort	cuticular hydrocarbon of blowflies (chrysomya spp.) from sarawak: implication and application in forensic entomology
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A Cuticular Hydrocarbon of Blowflies (Chrysomya spp.) from Sarawak: Implication and Application in Forensic Entomology

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