Journal of Forensic Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 20-30.DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2021.410807

Special Issue: 水中尸体研究专题

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Application Progress of High-Throughput Sequencing Technology in Forensic Diatom Detection

Jie CAI(), Bo WANG, Jian-hua CHEN, Jian-qiang DENG()   

  1. Department of Forensic Medicine of Hainan Medical University,Academician Workstation of Hainan Province (Tropical Forensic Medicine), Hainan Province Tropical Forensic Engineering Research Center, Center of Forensic Science, Hainan Medical University,Haikou 571199,China
  • Received:2021-08-11 Online:2022-02-25 Published:2022-02-28
  • Contact: Jian-qiang DENG

Abstract:

Diatom detection is an important method for identifying drowning and throwing corpses after death and inferring the drowning sites in forensic examination of corpses in water. In recent years,high-throughput sequencing technology has achieved rapid development and has been widely used in research related to diatom taxonomic investigations. This paper reviews the research status and prospects of high-throughput sequencing technology and its application in forensic diatom detection.

Key words: forensic pathology, high-throughput sequencing, diatoms, drowning, molecular species identification, review

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