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Scientists successfully recreate Tyrannosaurus Rex embryo from chicken DNA
December 20, 2016 admin   chicken, DNA   
A 68 million-year-old DNA sample retrieved from soft tissue cells found in a recently excavated pregnant Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil has led researchers at North Carolina State University to produce the first fully living dinosaur embryo in millions of years.

The pregnant Tyrannosaurus Rex's DNA, that was preserved in "extremely good condition" according to experts, was introduced into the skin cells of a chicken, a modern relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"We often think of the T-Rex as this huge crocodile-like bipedal reptile but in fact, its closest modern relative are birds and the T-Rex was actually the dinosaur equivalent of a chicken" explains Linda Rushmore, head researcher at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Paleontology Research Lab.

    " The T-Rex was actually the dinosaur equivalent of a chicken "
    – Linda Rushmore, Paleontologist

"The similarity of both DNA's actually surprised us at first and we are extremely enthustiac about the positive results and growth of the embryo," she adds.

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Interesting.  But the article is a year old. You would think that if anything came of this work It would have been headline news by now.  Would be neat to see a TRex running around in a Zoo.

Quote from: waterboy on December 12, 2019, 09:11:20 AM
Interesting.  But the article is a year old. You would think that if anything came of this work It would have been headline news by now.  Would be neat to see a TRex running around in a Zoo.

.....it's an accident waiting to happen...... huh