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Gennard  \nUniversity of Lincoln, UK  \nForensic Entomology  \nForensic Entomology  \nAn Introduction  \nDorothy E. Gennard  \nUniversity of Lincoln, UK  \nCopyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester,  \nWest Sussex PO19 8SQ, England  \nTelephone 􀀂+44􀀃 1243 779777  \nEmail (for orders and customer service enquiries): [cs-books@wiley.co.uk](cs-books@wiley.co.uk)  \nVisit our Home Page [on www.wiley.com](on www.wiley.com)  \nAll Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. 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Gennard.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN: 978-0-470-01478-3 (cloth: alk. paper)  \nISBN: 978-0-470-01479-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)  \n1. Forensic entomology. I. Title.  \nRA1063.45.G46 2006  \n614􀀂 . 1—dc22 2006032094  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-470-01478-3 (HB) 978-0-470-01479-0 (PR)  \nTypeset in 10.5/12.5pt Times by Integra Software Services Pvt. 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