Jeffrey Wells
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Publications
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2019A Forensic Entomological Analysis Can Yield an Estimate of Postmortem Interval, and Not Just a Minimum Postmortem Interval: An Explanation and Illustration Using a Case. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES. 64.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13912 Web of Science: 000460187200038
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2017A Statistical Method to Construct Confidence Sets on Carrion Insect Age from Development Stage. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS. 22:161-171.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13253-017-0280-y Web of Science: 000400275800003
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2017Inverse prediction for heteroscedastic response using mixed models software. COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. 46:4490-4498.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2015.1118508 Web of Science: 000405864600021
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2017Isolation of the Male-Specific Transformer Exon as a Method for Immature Specimen Sex Identification in Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 54:496-500.
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2016Commonly Used Intercarcass Distances Appear to Be Sufficient to Ensure Independence of Carrion Insect Succession Pattern. ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 109:72-80.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav102 Web of Science: 000371679400009
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2016Inverse prediction for multivariate mixed models with standard software. STATISTICAL PAPERS. 57:929-938.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00362-016-0815-2 Web of Science: 000387849900005
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2016The forensically important blow fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is more likely to walk than fly to carrion at low light levels. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 266:245-249.
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2015A 454 sequencing approach to dipteran mitochondrial genome researchFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.10.014
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2015An evaluation of sampling methods used to produce insect growth models for postmortem interval estimation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE. 129:405-410.
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2015Body Size, Rather Than Male Eye Allometry, Explains Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Activity in Low Light. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE. 15.
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2014Evaluating the utility of hexapod species for calculating a confidence interval about a succession based postmortem interval estimate. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 241:91-95.
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2014Population genetic structure of an invasive forensically important insect. ELECTROPHORESIS. 35:3193-3200.
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2014Verification of AFLP kinship methods of entomological evidence by sequencing. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 245:58-62.
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2013Estimating postmortem interval using RNA degradation and morphological changes in tooth pulp. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 229.
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2013First Report of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from a Human Corpse in the USA and a New State Geographic Record Based on Specimen Genotype. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES. 58:1378-1380.
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2013Molecular Systematics of the Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea): Evidence From One Mitochondrial and Three Nuclear Genes. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 50:15-23.
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2011Molecular phylogeny of the blowfly genus ChrysomyaFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00914.x
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2011Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is monophyletic: a molecular systematic analysis. SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY. 36:415-420.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00568.x Web of Science: 000292103200003
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2009Commentary on: Krane DE, Ford S, Gilder JR, Inman K, Jamieson A, Koppl R, Kornfield IL, Risinger DM, Rudin N, Taylor MS, Thompson WC. Sequential unmasking: A means of minimizing observer effects in forensic DNA interpretation. J Forensic Sci 2008;53(4):1006-7Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.00988.x
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2005Forensic genetic analysis of insect gut contentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000163832.05939.59
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2000p-Values for postmortem intervals from arthropod succession dataFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/1400631
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1995Estimating maggot age from weight using inverse predictionFull Text via DOI: 10.1520/jfs13830j
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1985PUTTING THE URBAN IN URBAN-EDUCATION. PHI DELTA KAPPAN. 67.Web of Science: A1985ARY8900015
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Book
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2008Application of DNA-based methods in forensic entomology. Ed. 53.Full Text via DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091423
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2014Misstatements Concerning Forensic Entomology Practice in Recent Publications. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 489-490.
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2014REPLY: A Reply to Tarone et al., Campobasso and Introna, and Michaud et al.. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 907-907.
Research
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Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U49: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- BSC4915-U04: Honors Research Fall Term 2019
- BSC5406-U01: Forensic Biology Fall Term 2019
- BSC5935-U04: Topics In Biology Spring Term 2019
- BSC6913-U41: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
- BSC6913-U42: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
- CHS4533-U01: Forensic Biochemistry Applications Fall Term 2019
Contact
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- Jeffrey Wells
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publication subject areas
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Education & Educational Research
- Entomology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Legal Medicine
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Mathematical & Computational Biology
- Mathematics
- Veterinary Sciences