2006-12-04 05:46:12 · 4 answers · asked by Nurse2b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The answers above are essentially right, in that the concept is cloning an entire organism from the DNA encased in amber. However, such a situation would require some type of "stem cell" from dinosaurs, which were not present, as well as some DNA. The idea that one could get enough intact DNA from a mosquito encased in amber is pretty far-fetched, but perhaps as technology gets better?
2006-12-04 05:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by btpage0630 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The principal concept is that dna if placed in the right conditions can remain for millions of years. They were taking blood from misquitos that had fed off of dinosaurs and using that dna to grow new ones.
2006-12-04 13:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloning.
Specifically, it is the cloning of whole animals from prehistoric somatic DNA found in the blood cells taken from dinosaurs by mosquitoes 50 million or more years ago. Those insects (and their blood meal) were supposedly encased in amber, which preserved the DNA adequately for this to be accomplished.
The plot is totally dependent upon the existence of these cloned dinosaurs, and so completely hinges upon this premise.
2006-12-04 13:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The principal concept is that of re-creating dinosaurs from fragments of DNA trapped in amber as a result of the dinosaur being bitten by biting flies, which were themselves trapped in amber.
Without that, there'd be no movie, right?
This concept was put forward by Charles Pellegrino.
2006-12-04 13:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋