Is it possible to clone a dinosaur? Live Science

[Frannie]

Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur?

It's unknown whether this DNA is dinosaurian, or whether it belongs to other life-forms, such as microbes; nondinosaurian animals, such as earthworms; or even paleontologists who have worked with these fossils.

"I've found DNA in dinosaur bone," said Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University. "But we did not sequence it — we couldn't recover it, [and] we couldn't characterize it. Whoever it belongs to is a mystery." [6 Extinct Animals That Could Be Resurrected]

It's no surprise that dinosaur remains contain DNA, she said. Bone is partly made up of a mineral called hydroxyapatite, which has a strong affinity for certain biomolecules, including DNA. In fact, researchers often use hydroxyapatite to purify and concentrate DNA in the lab, Schweitzer said.

"That's one of the reasons that I don't work with DNA myself," Schweitzer told Live Science. "It is too prone to contamination and really difficult to interpret."

Instead, Schweitzer analyzes dinosaur fossils for soft tissue, such as the blood vessels that she and her colleagues found in an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur. But she has still pondered the steps needed to clone an extinct dinosaur. Here is the science it would take to create an actual "Jurassic Park" dinosaur, according to molecular experts.

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...………….

No bone survives 60 million years

 

[JoeMoma]

I doubt it could be done with today's technology. Actual live chromosomes would be needed I suspect. Not residue of DNA that is millions of years old.

 

[alang1216]

Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur?

It's unknown whether this DNA is dinosaurian, or whether it belongs to other life-forms, such as microbes; nondinosaurian animals, such as earthworms; or even paleontologists who have worked with these fossils.

"I've found DNA in dinosaur bone," said Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University. "But we did not sequence it — we couldn't recover it, [and] we couldn't characterize it. Whoever it belongs to is a mystery." [6 Extinct Animals That Could Be Resurrected]

It's no surprise that dinosaur remains contain DNA, she said. Bone is partly made up of a mineral called hydroxyapatite, which has a strong affinity for certain biomolecules, including DNA. In fact, researchers often use hydroxyapatite to purify and concentrate DNA in the lab, Schweitzer said.

"That's one of the reasons that I don't work with DNA myself," Schweitzer told Live Science. "It is too prone to contamination and really difficult to interpret."

Instead, Schweitzer analyzes dinosaur fossils for soft tissue, such as the blood vessels that she and her colleagues found in an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur. But she has still pondered the steps needed to clone an extinct dinosaur. Here is the science it would take to create an actual "Jurassic Park" dinosaur, according to molecular experts.

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...………….

No bone survives 60 million years

If it happens it will probably happen the other way, taking bird DNA and reversing the steps that led from dinos to birds.

 

[Frannie]

Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur?

It's unknown whether this DNA is dinosaurian, or whether it belongs to other life-forms, such as microbes; nondinosaurian animals, such as earthworms; or even paleontologists who have worked with these fossils.

"I've found DNA in dinosaur bone," said Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University. "But we did not sequence it — we couldn't recover it, [and] we couldn't characterize it. Whoever it belongs to is a mystery." [6 Extinct Animals That Could Be Resurrected]

It's no surprise that dinosaur remains contain DNA, she said. Bone is partly made up of a mineral called hydroxyapatite, which has a strong affinity for certain biomolecules, including DNA. In fact, researchers often use hydroxyapatite to purify and concentrate DNA in the lab, Schweitzer said.

"That's one of the reasons that I don't work with DNA myself," Schweitzer told Live Science. "It is too prone to contamination and really difficult to interpret."

Instead, Schweitzer analyzes dinosaur fossils for soft tissue, such as the blood vessels that she and her colleagues found in an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur. But she has still pondered the steps needed to clone an extinct dinosaur. Here is the science it would take to create an actual "Jurassic Park" dinosaur, according to molecular experts.

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...………….

No bone survives 60 million years

If it happens it will probably happen the other way, taking bird DNA and reversing the steps that led from dinos to birds.

Yea only 60 million years of reversal needed

Jesus

 

[alang1216]

Yea only 60 million years of reversal needed

Jesus

I know, a piece of cake since there is a dino in every bird:

The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since the 19th century, when scientists discovered the fossil of an early bird called Archaeopteryx. It had wings and feathers, but it also looked a lot like a dinosaur. More recent fossils look similar.

But these early birds didn't look the same as modern ones. In particular, they didn't have beaks: they had snouts, like those of their dinosaur ancestors.

To understand how one changed into another, a team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.

By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.

The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.​

 

[Frannie]

Yea only 60 million years of reversal needed

Jesus

I know, a piece of cake since there is a dino in every bird:

The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since the 19th century, when scientists discovered the fossil of an early bird called Archaeopteryx. It had wings and feathers, but it also looked a lot like a dinosaur. More recent fossils look similar.

But these early birds didn't look the same as modern ones. In particular, they didn't have beaks: they had snouts, like those of their dinosaur ancestors.

To understand how one changed into another, a team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.

By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.

The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.​

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

 

[alang1216]

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

Junk DNA? Why would you call dinos 'inferior life forms'? Inferior to what?

 

[the other mike]

I wonder how many planets in all the galaxies of the universe
have dinosaurs living on them right now.

 

[Frannie]

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

Junk DNA? Why would you call dinos 'inferior life forms'? Inferior to what?

Everything extinct was replaced by what we have now. Dinos were stupid if they were smart they would still be here

 

[Frannie]

I wonder how many planets in all the galaxies of the universe
have dinosaurs living on them right now.

I bet your home planet has lots

 

[alang1216]

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

Junk DNA? Why would you call dinos 'inferior life forms'? Inferior to what?

Everything extinct was replaced by what we have now. Dinos were stupid if they were smart they would still be here

Nonsense. Dinos were probably as smart as birds and birds are still here. Dinos were smarter than any insect and insects are still here.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur?

It's unknown whether this DNA is dinosaurian, or whether it belongs to other life-forms, such as microbes; nondinosaurian animals, such as earthworms; or even paleontologists who have worked with these fossils.

"I've found DNA in dinosaur bone," said Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University. "But we did not sequence it — we couldn't recover it, [and] we couldn't characterize it. Whoever it belongs to is a mystery." [6 Extinct Animals That Could Be Resurrected]

It's no surprise that dinosaur remains contain DNA, she said. Bone is partly made up of a mineral called hydroxyapatite, which has a strong affinity for certain biomolecules, including DNA. In fact, researchers often use hydroxyapatite to purify and concentrate DNA in the lab, Schweitzer said.

"That's one of the reasons that I don't work with DNA myself," Schweitzer told Live Science. "It is too prone to contamination and really difficult to interpret."

Instead, Schweitzer analyzes dinosaur fossils for soft tissue, such as the blood vessels that she and her colleagues found in an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur. But she has still pondered the steps needed to clone an extinct dinosaur. Here is the science it would take to create an actual "Jurassic Park" dinosaur, according to molecular experts.

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...………….

No bone survives 60 million years

Under ideal conditions DNA lasts less than 7 million years. The only way to get a dinosaur would be to genetically engineer birds.

 

[james bond]

This guy claimed to undertake cloning a dinosaur and even built his own dinosaur theme park in 2013. I don't know where he is now in regards to his endeavors, but he has a lot of other legal problems, so it's probably stopped. Have no idea if his theme park is still around -- Inside Clive's 'Palmersaurus' adventure land.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Yea only 60 million years of reversal needed

Jesus

I know, a piece of cake since there is a dino in every bird:

The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since the 19th century, when scientists discovered the fossil of an early bird called Archaeopteryx. It had wings and feathers, but it also looked a lot like a dinosaur. More recent fossils look similar.

But these early birds didn't look the same as modern ones. In particular, they didn't have beaks: they had snouts, like those of their dinosaur ancestors.

To understand how one changed into another, a team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.

By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.

The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.​

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

Dinosaurs survived for almost 180 million years. I would say they were very successful and anything but inferior.

 

[Frannie]

Yea only 60 million years of reversal needed

Jesus

I know, a piece of cake since there is a dino in every bird:

The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since the 19th century, when scientists discovered the fossil of an early bird called Archaeopteryx. It had wings and feathers, but it also looked a lot like a dinosaur. More recent fossils look similar.

But these early birds didn't look the same as modern ones. In particular, they didn't have beaks: they had snouts, like those of their dinosaur ancestors.

To understand how one changed into another, a team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.

By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.

The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.​

In fact junk DNA might make this possible, but why would anyone want to go back to the inferior life forms

Dinosaurs survived for almost 180 million years. I would say they were very successful and anything but inferior.

Lol dead is not superior. If they had built space ships they could have returned

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying dinosaur fossils probably is aware.

 

[Frannie]

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying dinosaur fossils probably is aware.

Fossils are not bone simpleton...…………………..

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying dinosaur fossils probably is aware.

Fossils are not bone simpleton...…………………..

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying fossils is probably aware....

 

[Frannie]

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying dinosaur fossils probably is aware.

Fossils are not bone simpleton...…………………..

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying fossils is probably aware....

So you agree that it is not possible to get DNA from what is not bone in the first place

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The funny thing is that there are no dinosaur bones, just mineral replaced fossils...

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying dinosaur fossils probably is aware.

Fossils are not bone simpleton...…………………..

Yeah, I think the scientist who has dedicated her life to studying fossils is probably aware....

So you agree that it is not possible to get DNA from what is not bone in the first place

False. As we already know, we can find dna fragments bound to certain chemicals in fossils.