BIOLOGIA FORENSE

6 CFU - 1° Semester

ANNA DURO - Module Forensic Palynology - BIO/02 - 3 CFU
FRANCESCO LOMBARDO - Module Forensic Entomology - BIO/05 - 3 CFU

Learning Objectives

Forensic Palynology
The course offers students an introduction to the potential of forensic palynology in the survey. In particular, after thorough characterization of pollen and spores in order to identify, the course aims to explain those cases of national and foreign literature in which the role of the pollen was instrumental in the reconstruction of the crime scene.
Forensic Entomology
Learning of sampling of Insects on a dead body and their subsequent identification

Forensic Palynology
Presentation of the course, plant systematics and taxonomy, and no vascular plants, pollen biology, morphology of pollen, spores, pollen sporo-material collection, sporo-pollen material processing, material Preservation sporo-pollen, Determination of sporo-pollen material, Construction of the pollen Bank, Keys simplified determination, dichotomous keys of determination, policlave Keys of determination, pollen as an investigative tool, territorial-environmental survey protocols, analysis of case studies.
Forensic Entomology
The basic knowledge of Entomology. The cadaveric fauna. Diptera. Life cycle of necrophage Diptera. Coleoptera. Post Mortem Interval (PMI). Study of insect succession and ecological factors. Collection storage of entomological findings

Forensic Palynology
Collectanea of the topics covered in class (by the teacher).
Forensic Entomology
1. Entomologia forense- P. Magni, M. Massimelli, R. Messina. P. Mazzucco, E. Di Luise. Edizione Minerva Medica, 2008

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