forensic botany

[jperry at uwc.edu]

I believe the first step would to become a broadly educated botanist, with a
lot of coursework in taxonomy, biogeography, and plant anatomy. My major
professor has done a bit of work in this field, serving as an expert witness
in a baby food (!) litigation. He's a plant anatomist. 

It's unclear to me what role molecular biology is playing in forensic
botany, but I would imagine these modern techniques are becoming more
important.

jim

-----Original Message-----
From: RFisher at Chatham.edu [mailto:RFisher at Chatham.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:52 PM
To: plant-ed at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
Subject: forensic botany


Dear plant-ed folks:

I have a student who is interested in forensic botany.  How would she get a
start in this field?  She's a very good student and is planning on going to
graduate school with this field in mind but she's unsure of where to start.


Roxanne
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