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The intriguing part is, that while it is impossible to get DNA out of 15 million year old dinosaur bones, you could get dinosaur DNA fragments from the genome o
by sentenza 13y ago
The intriguing part is, that while it is impossible to get DNA out of 15 million year old dinosaur bones, you could get dinosaur DNA fragments from the genome of currently living birds...
- anonymfus 13y agoAnd that idea was used in Russian novel Ретрогенетика ("Retrogenetics") by Кир Булычёв, written in 1975.
- jedberg 13y agoThat was in the book "Jurassic Park". That's why the dinos change sexes -- because they have DNA from a reptile that does that.
- strictfp 13y ago... and so it was in the film. The video which they show in the information center talks about how they fill in the gaps from frogs to patch together a complete DNA.
- jonny_eh 13y agoIf you're interested in that technique, check out Jack Horner's book "How to Build a Dinosaur" [1] [1] http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Dinosaur-Science-Evolution/dp/B003WUYRUE/ref=sr_1_1 http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Dinosaur-Science-Evolution/d...