2007-02-16 03:13:49 · 8 answers · asked by ♦Opty misstix♦ 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Is it possible to clone a dinosaur today? All of the jurassic park films spun the tale of dinosaurs being re-created from DNA that had been preserved in dinosaur blood found in mosquitoes, which in turn were entombed in amber. However, to clone any animal (including the Scottish sheep) you must also have a living female egg into which the preserved DNA could be placed. The female egg cell provides the cytoplasm (i.e., machinery) that is absolutely required for cloning. Therefore, you’ll never be able to clone a dinosaur unless you have a living female dinosaur!
2007-02-16 03:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
in theory the prmeise behind jurassic park could work, but it would cost a lot and probably not succeed.
if you happened to find a mosquito in amber and that mosquito happened to have dinosaur DNA in its tummy you could set about attempting to clone the dinosaur, but the DNA would be broken up, so there would be holes in it, unfortunately we wouldn't know how big these holes are, so we couldn't simply stuff frog DNA into them to fill them up.
even if we render the DNA useable we would still have troubles because every animal has their own set of bacteria living inside of them, many of these are beneficial and actually help digest food and whatnot. we don't know what kind of bacteria the dinosaurs would have had inside of them, and after 65 million yeaqrs of evolution the viruses and bacteria living now could be deadly to a dino.
if some way was found around these problems, then it might be possible, but i don't thinjk i'll hold my breath.
2007-02-16 11:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tim C 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Theoretically, yes, absolutely. Technically, not yet.
Two primary obstacles;
First, Dino DNA samples are difficult to obtain in non-damaged form. Millions of years subjected to the elements will do that.
Second, all succesful clones to date have been completed in the womb of the cloned species. We have not yet been able to construct a viable synthetic womb. While another species egg might theortically play host, we have no live dinos in which to gestate the embryo once it is cloned.
Getting the dino to survive, once cloned, is a huge additional challenge.
2007-02-16 11:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no, I don't think so.
i think that for a succsess cloning operation one need to have a viable cel of an organisme. Considering that the only dinosaurs cells scientists could have provides from an animal dead milions years in the past that cells are not viable any more.
2007-02-16 11:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by alin m 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they cannot be. We haven't got the entire gene sequence of a dinosaur so it cannot be cloned.
2007-02-16 11:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by ashwin_hariharan 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
first of all there r no dinosaurs left on this earth
2007-02-17 21:14:04 · answer #6 · answered by Priya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you need a living cell to be cloned and sense there are no living dinos, there's no way to do it.
2007-02-16 11:41:18 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin A 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was explained in detail in Jurassic Park.Watch the movie.
2007-02-16 11:18:35 · answer #8 · answered by Gruya 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋