Body Movement Inference
Definition
The forensic application: using the population-genetic signature of insects collected from a body to estimate where colonisation occurred, and therefore potentially where the body was at the time of death.
Related terms
- Gene Flow
- The movement of alleles between populations through migration and reproduction. High gene flow homogenises populations; low gene flow allows them to differentiate...
- Genetic Structure
- The degree to which populations within a species are genetically differentiated from each other. Measured by statistics like Fst (fixation index). High...
- Haplotype
- A specific set of genetic variants inherited together, typically used here for mitochondrial DNA variants. Different geographic populations of the same species...
- Phylogeography
- The study of the geographic distribution of genetic lineages within and among closely related species. Provides the reference maps that forensic population...
- Reference Population Panel
- A georeferenced dataset of sequences from known collection localities, used as the comparison baseline when the provenance of a forensic specimen is...
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- Population Genetics and Geographic Origin from InsectsThe forensic application: using the population-genetic signature of insects collected from a body to estimate where colonisation occurred, and therefore potent...