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Forensic botany : principles and applications to criminal casework /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Coyle, Heather Miller
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Forensic botany.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Foreword / Bruce Budowle
  • Acknowledgements
  • The editor
  • Contributors
  • Chap. 1. Introduction to forensic botany / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 2. Basic plant biology / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 3. Plant cell structure and function / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 4. Modes of plant reproduction / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 5. DNA structure and function. Pt. 1. Fundamental genetics / Nicholas CS Yang
  • Pt. 2. Molecular biology basics / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 6. Plant diversity / Heather Miller Coyle
  • Chap. 7. The use of biological and botanical evidence / Carll Ladd, Henry C. Lee
  • Chap. 8. An overview of historical developments in forensic DNA analysis / Gary Shutler
  • Chap. 9. DNA and the identification of plant species from stomach contents / Cheng-Lung Lee, Ian C. Hsu, Heather Miller Coyle, Henry C. Lee
  • Chap. 10. Plant identification by DNA. Pt. 1. Identification of plant species from particulate material using molecular methods / Robert A. Bever
  • Pt. 2. Species identification of marijuana by DNA analysis / Margaret Sanger
  • Pt. 3. Case study : DNA profiling to link drug seizures in the United Kingdom / Adrian Linacre, Hsing-Mei Hsieh, James Chun-I Lee
  • Chap. 11. The green revolution : botanical contributions to forensics and drug enforcement. Pt. 1. Classic forensic botany cases / Heather Miller Coyle, Carll Ladd, Timothy Palmbach, Henry C. Lee
  • Pt. 2. Additional case studies / Elaine Pagliaro
  • Chap. 12. Tracking clonally propagated marijuana using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis / Heather Miller Coyle, Timothy Palmbach, Carll Ladd, Henry C. Lee
  • Chap. 13. Legal considerations for acceptance of new forensic methods in court / Timothy Palmbach, Gary Shutler
  • Chap. 14. Forensic palynology / Lynne A. Milne, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., Dallas C. Mildenhall
  • Chap. 15. Classical and future DNA typing technologies for plants / Eric J. Carita
  • Appendix A. Considerations for the use of forensic botanical evidence : an overview
  • Appendix B. Glossary of terms
  • Appendix C. Directory of contacts
  • Appendix D. Biographies
  • Index.