Complete list of
scientific publications -
Jeffrey D. Wells
A. Research Papers (Review papers, book chapters, and technical report below.)
Picard, C.J. and
Wells,
J.D. in press. The
population genetic structure of North American Lucilia sericata
(Diptera: Calliphoridae), and the utility of genetic assignment methods
for reconstruction of postmortem corpse relocation. Forensic Science International.
Picard, C.J. and
Wells,
J.D. 2009. Survey of the genetic diversity of Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera:
Calliphoridae) using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP). Journal of Medical Entomology
43:664-670. PDF file
Boehme,
P. and J.D.
Wells. 2007.
Methods for sequencing the mitochondrial DNA A+T-rich region of
Cochliomyia macellaria(Diptera:
Calliphoridae) from North America.
Canadian Society of Forensic Science
Journal 40:165–172. PDF file
Wells,
J.D., R.
Wall, and
J. R.
Stevens. 2007. Phylogenetic
analysis of
forensically important Lucilia
flies based on cytochrome oxidase I sequence: a cautionary tale for
forensic species determination. International
Journal of
Legal Medicine 121:229-233.
PDF file. Supplementary Table 1. Supplementary Table 2. Supplementary Figure.
Wells, J.D. and D.W. Williams. 2007. Validation
of a DNA-based method for
identifying Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) used in a death
investigation. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 121:1-8.
PDF file
Linville, J.G, J. Hayes, and
J.D. Wells. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA and STR analyses of maggot
crop contents: effect of specimen preservation technique. Journal of
Forensic Sciences 49:341-344. PDF file
Wells,
J.D., N. Lunt and
M.H. Villet. 2004. Recent
African derivation of Chrysomya putoria from C. chloropyga
and mitochondrial DNA paraphyly of
cytochrome
oxidase subunit one in blowflies of forensic importance. Medical and
Veterinary
Entomology 18:445-448. PDF file
Linville,
J.G and J.D.
Wells. 2002.Surface
sterilization of a maggot using bleach does not interfere with
mitochondrial
DNA analysis of crop contents. Journal of Forensic Sciences 47:1055-59. PDF file
Wells,
J.D.,
M.L.
Goff, J.K. Tomberlin and H.
Kurahashi. 2002. Molecular
systematics of the endemic Hawaiian blowfly genus Dyscritomyia Grimshaw, (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Medical
Entomology and Zoology
53(Suppl. 2):231-238. Crude PDF file
Stevens,
J.R., R. Wall
and J.D. Wells.
2002.
Paraphyly in Hawaiian hybrid blowfly
populations and
the evolutionary history of anthropophilic species. Insect Molecular
Biology 11:141-148. PDF file
Wells,
J.D. and J. King.
2001. Incidence of precocious egg
development in flies of forensic importance. Pan-Pacific
Entomologist
77:235-239. Crude PDF file
Wells,
J.D. and F.A.H.
Sperling. 2001. DNA-based identification of forensically important
Chrysomyinae
(Diptera: Calliphoridae). Forensic Science International 120:109-114. PDF file
Wells,
J.D., T.
Pape and F.A.H. Sperling. 2001. DNA-based identification and molecular
systematics of forensically important Sarcophagidae. Journal of
Forensic
Sciences
46:1098-1102. PDF file
Wells,
J.D., F.G. Introna,
G. Di Vella, C.P. Campobasso,
J. Hayes and F.A.H. Sperling. 2001. Human and insect mitochondrial DNA
analysis
from maggots. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46:685-687. PDF file
LaMotte,
L.R. & J.D.
Wells. 2000. P-values
for
postmortem intervals from arthropod succession data. Journal of
Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 5:58-68. Crude PDF file
Wells, J.D. 2000. Introduced Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy
(Diptera:
Calliphoridae) flies in northcentral Alabama. Journal of
Entomological
Science
35:91-92.
Wells,
J.D., J.H. Byrd &
T.I. Tantawi. 1999. Key to the
third instar Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from carrion in the
continental
USA. Journal of Medical Entomology
36:638-641. PDF file
Moribayashi,
A., J.D.
Wells & H.
Kurahashi. 1999.
Chilling period for effective survival of diapausing pupae of the flesh
fly, Boettchersica
peregrina, collected
from
Tokyo. Medical Entomology and Zoology 50:129-135.
Wells,
J.D., & F.A.H.
Sperling. 1999. Molecular
phylogeny of Chrysomya albiceps
and C. rufifacies
(Diptera:
Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology 36:222-226. PDF
file
Greenberg,
B. & J.D.
Wells. 1998. Forensic
use of Megaselia
abdita and
Megaselia
scalaris (Phoridae:
Diptera):
case studies, development rate and egg structure. Journal of Medical
Entomology 35:205‑209.
Wells,
J.D. & H.
Kurahashi. 1997. Chrysomya
megacephala is more
resistant
to attack by Ch. rufifacies
in a laboratory arena than is Cochliomyia macellaria. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 73:16-20.
Wells,
J.D. & H.
Kurahashi. 1996. A new species of Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from
Sulawesi,
Indonesia, with a key to the Oriental, Australasian and Oceanian
species. Medical
Entomology and Zoology
47:131-138.
Schoenly,
K., M.L.
Goff, J.D. Wells
& W.D.
Lord. 1996. Quantifying statistical uncertainty in succession-based
entomological estimates of the postmortem interval in death scene
investigations: a simulation study. American Entomologist 42:106-112. Crude PDF
Wells,
J.D. & L.R.
LaMotte. 1995. Estimating maggot age
from weight using inverse prediction. Journal of Forensic Sciences 40:585-590. Crude PDF
Wells,
J.D., J.R. Fuxa &
G. Henderson. 1995. Virulence
of four fungal pathogens to Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal
of
Entomological Science
30:208-215.
Kurahashi,
H. & J.D.
Wells. 1995. Calliphora
quadrimaculata (Swederus)
newly
recorded from Australia. The Entomologist 114:104-106.
Wells,
J.D., M.M. Singh, K.
Suzuki, M. Miura & H.
Kurahashi. 1994. Male eye dimorphism and synanthropy in Chrysomya
pinguis (Diptera:
Calliphoridae). Japanese Journal
of Sanitary Zoology Supplement
45:297-300.
Kurahashi,
H., J.D.
Wells & K. Ogino.
1994. The
oriental latrine fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), newly recorded from
Honduras,
Central America. Japanese
Wells,
J.D. & H.
Kurahashi. 1994. Chrysomya
megacephala (F.)
development:
rate, variation and the implications for forensic entomology. Japanese
Journal of Sanitary Zoology
45:303-309. Crude PDF file
Wells, J.D. & B.
Greenberg. 1994. Resource use by an
introduced and native carrion flies. Oecologia 99:181-187. Crude
PDF
Wells,
J.D. & B.
Greenberg. 1994. Effect of the red
imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and carcass type on the
daily
occurrence of postfeeding carrion-fly larvae (Diptera:
Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae). Journal of
Medical Entomology
31:171-174. Crude PDF
Wells,
J.D. & G.
Henderson. 1993. Predation by Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on
introduced and
native subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): effect of termite soldier proportion. Ecological
Entomology 18:270-274.
Wells,
J.D. & B.
Greenberg. 1992. Laboratory
interaction between introduced Chrysomya rufifacies and native Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Environmental Entomology 21:640-645.
Wells,
J.D. & B.
Greenberg. 1992. Interaction between Chrysomya
rufifacies and Cochliomyia
macellaria (Diptera:
Calliphoridae): the possible consequences of an invasion.
Bulletin of Entomological Research 82:133-137. Crude PDF
Wells
J.D. & B.
Greenberg. 1992. Rates of predation by
Chrysomya rufifacies
(Macquart) on Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabr.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in
the laboratory: effect of
predator and prey development. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 68:12-14. Crude PDF
Henderson,
G., J.D.
Wells & R.L.
Jeanne. 1991.
Methyl palmitate and methyl myristate repel flies. Florida
Entomologist
74:365-368.
Wells,
J.D. 1991. Chrysomya
megacephala (Diptera:
Calliphoridae) has reached the United
States: review of its biology, pest status, and spread around the
world. Journal
of Medical Entomology
28:471-473.
Wells,
J.D. & W.W. Cone.
1989. Biology of Erythroneura
elegantula and E.
ziczac (Homoptera:
Cicadellidae) on Vitis vinifera in southcentral Washington. Journal
of the
Entomological Society of British Columbia 86:26-33.
Wells,
J.D., W.W. Cone,
& M.M. Conant. 1988. Chemical
and biological control of Erythroneura leafhoppers on Vitis vinifera in southcentral Washington. Journal
of the Entomological Society of British
Columbia 85:45-52.
Wells, J.D., J.R. Stevens. 2008. Applications of DNA-based
methods in forensic entomology. Annual
Review of Entomology. 53:103-120.
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Campobasso C.P., J.G.
Linville, J.D.
Wells, and
F. Introna.
2005. Forensic genetic analysis of insect gut contents. American
Journal of
Forensic Medicine and Pathology 26:161-165. PDF file
C.
Book Chapters
Wells, J.D., J.R. Stevens. 2010. Molecular methods for
forensic entomology. in Byrd, J. and Castner, J.L. (eds.) Forensic
Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations. Second
edition. CRC Press.
Wells,
J.D. and L.R.
LaMotte. 2001. Estimating the
postmortem interval. pp. 263-285 in Byrd, J. and Castner, J.L. (eds.) Forensic
Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations.
First edition. CRC Press.
Benecke,
M.
and J.D.
Wells. 2001. DNA
techniques for
forensic entomology. pp. 341-352 in Byrd, J. and Castner, J.L. (eds.) Forensic
Entomology: Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations.
CRC Press.
Technical
Working Group for
Education and Training in Forensic Science [JDW one of 49 members].
2004.
Education and Training in Forensic Science. A guide for forensic
science
laboratories, educational institutions, and Students. US National
Institute of
Justice Special Report. NCJ 203099. PDF
file.
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November
2009.