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Using Dinosaurs dna to bring them back to life.
If you've seen the films Jurassic Park then you know what I mean. Will this ever become a reality, what are the pros and cons of this actually happening and how hard would it be to do? Is there any evil millionaires like on the films planning to do this already in secret underground labs? What do you think about the whole situation?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The oldest sections of DNA ever recoverred are a bit less that half a million years old
The Dinosaurs became extint about 65 Million years ago
So no that doesn't sound particularly likely.
Mamoths however only became extinct a few thousand years ago, and there are elephants that could conceivably act as surrogates.
There might still be problems preventing it but I guess there's a fair chance.
However there would be very serious animal welfare, ethical questions about doing it even if it turned out to be possible
The Dinosaurs became extint about 65 Million years ago
So no that doesn't sound particularly likely.
Mamoths however only became extinct a few thousand years ago, and there are elephants that could conceivably act as surrogates.
There might still be problems preventing it but I guess there's a fair chance.
However there would be very serious animal welfare, ethical questions about doing it even if it turned out to be possible
With a clone you kill the dna in an egg and insert your preferred DNA
This isn't such a problem with mamoths - you could use an elephant - could be gestation problems don't know how long full term is for a mamoth, I'd imagine a miscarriage would be quite likely.
With a Dinosaur where do you even start?
An Ostritch?
Can you even get into the shell to perform the DNA insertion and repair the egg?
What temperature and conditions does it require?
There must be a hundred and one things we don't know and have no way of finding out
This isn't such a problem with mamoths - you could use an elephant - could be gestation problems don't know how long full term is for a mamoth, I'd imagine a miscarriage would be quite likely.
With a Dinosaur where do you even start?
An Ostritch?
Can you even get into the shell to perform the DNA insertion and repair the egg?
What temperature and conditions does it require?
There must be a hundred and one things we don't know and have no way of finding out
(Firstly i have no clue what im talking about here, gotta get that in forst!)
if it was an ostrich egg does that mean you would be raping an ostrcih of its existence?
it would be get an egg insert dino dna and then watch it mutate into a t-rex?
is that roughly what would happen?
also would they be able to breed ok or would the gene pool be so small as to be useless?
Thanks!
if it was an ostrich egg does that mean you would be raping an ostrcih of its existence?
it would be get an egg insert dino dna and then watch it mutate into a t-rex?
is that roughly what would happen?
also would they be able to breed ok or would the gene pool be so small as to be useless?
Thanks!
Might have a better chance of breeding one. Feed me Seymour . . .
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Don't forget to ask for "one million dollars!"
Seriously nuclear blackmail is so last century and picking up the cash in used twenties is so heavy
You need to cross Avian and Swine flu and patent the antibody before releasing it on an unsuspecting world.
If this post suddenly vanishes - you heard it here first!
Seriously nuclear blackmail is so last century and picking up the cash in used twenties is so heavy
You need to cross Avian and Swine flu and patent the antibody before releasing it on an unsuspecting world.
If this post suddenly vanishes - you heard it here first!
You wouldn't need the actual dna because it can be built up from parts if you know the sequence. you would need to know the bits that make one species different from the basic reptile dna set. Craig venter's organisation has been assembling bacterial genes and joining them together so it could be done for dinosars or anything else. How anyboy would manage to fund such an expensive project I cannot imagine.
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