Re: Jurassic Park Cloning, a pondering

[TomHopp@aol.com]

 randyk@ims.com wrote:
<< Given a complete understanding of DNA, would it be possible to figure out 
dinosaur DNA from what we currently know about a dinosaur? >>

When we know that much about DNA, we'll be able to make any sort of creature 
we can imagine. However, there will be limits. For instance, having seen the 
incredible bone histology of T-rex at the SVP meeting, I'm now convinced that 
rex was BEYOND birds in terms of its bone physiology. Nothing has such 
superbly organized fibro-lamellar bone, in my opinion -- not mammals, not 
birds, not nuthin. So how could we duplicate the DNA that made such bone, 
lacking any modern examples? Idunno.

Thomas P. Hopp
Author of DINOSAUR WARS, a science fiction novel published by iUniverse
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