A systematic databasing of diatoms from different geographical localities and sites of Haryana for advancing validation of forensic diatomology.

ABSTRACT: Verdict on tracing exact place of drowning is a part of medico-legal investigation. This question often stands when circumstances remain unclear about true drowning place. Usually, when a dead body rises from the bottom of drowning site, it will appear near to the point where it had actually disappeared but rapid current may carry a body to real distance from the exact place of death before any major obstruction. Forensic methodology has suggested qualitative as well as quantitative comparison of diatoms recovered in dead body and reference water samples to corroborate drowning as cause of death and locating precise place of drowning. Collection of wrong reference water samples from drowning site can also hamper the investigation process. Since, the distributions of different genera in cer

SUBMITTER: Saini E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5137176 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature