Because of cloning and science things?
2007-02-18 23:42:09 · 12 answers · asked by Fire Juggler 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No. There is just not a source for dinosaur DNA.
The best we have been able to do in the way of cloning DNA from insects in amber was about 800 bases from a beetle. Mind you this was not something cloned from something the beetle had eaten. The 800 bases was just a fraction of the beetles total genome.
Also a few years ago, they found an entire wooly mammoth that they thought they might be able to clone using techniques they used to clone Dolly the sheep (now deceased). After much care in handling tissue samples from the frozen mammoth, the DNA obtained was too fragmented (broken) to be able to clone it.
So here is an example where they had the whole mammoth, and couldn't clone it.
Hope that helps.......
2007-02-25 16:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by BP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but no. Here are some reasons why not:
Dinosaur DNA is difficult to obtain and sequence. So even though ancient dinosaur DNA has been found, it's broken apart and therefore must be sequenced. This process is quite difficut since there's not a complete strand of dinosaur DNA anywhere to copy and it's very important that every base pair is in the correct place.
But even if we had the DNA sequenced, there would still be some gaps. Unlike in the movie, these gaps can't be filled by splicing frog DNA, obviously dinosaur DNA must be used. Then again, we don't have the DNA to do this either. Also, splicing in frog DNA, will not create a dinosaur, it would create a mutant or a frog/dinosaur type organism.
Plus, once the DNA is sequenced and complete, it must be inserted into an oocyte (egg cell) so that it can be cloned. The oocyte must come from the same organism that is being cloned (in our case this would be a dinosaur), and since no dinosaurs are alive today, this would be impossible. It wouldn't work to insert the DNA into crocodile ova because crocodile ova is specialized for crocodiles, not dinosaurs.
Even if crocodile ova could hold dinosaur DNA, there's still the issue about the development of the dinosaur embryo. Dinosaurs were born through eggs, so they can't be put inside an organism, it has to be put inside an egg. In the movie, the scientist created plastic eggs; however, this would not work because every organism must have a specialized egg. A turtle's egg doesn't have the nutrients necessary for a fish, nor does a fish have the nutrients necessary for a turtle. Every organism must have its own special egg to nourish its young.
So you see.. it's downright impossible.
2007-02-19 13:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unrealistic. Many countries started to ban cloning of anything after Dolly the Sheep was successfully cloned. The technology might become adequate but not in the near future unless you consider 50-100 years the near future. There are many complications with cloning something. This is all under the assumption that a piece of well preserved DNA has existed from all of those animals ( which would be a 1 out of 3 million for just one perfectly preserved strand of DNA to be found). There is a small possibility of finding some DNA that is preserved enough to clone but that would be in the upper mountains ( frozen).
2007-02-26 22:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely, because they would need some dinosaur DNA, and nobody has ever found any. It is unlikely that the DNA would survive for millions of years.
They thought they had found some a few years back in a mosquito in some amber, and the film was based on that, but it was a false alarm.
2007-02-19 07:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big possibility if we can get cloning right, however we have several more steps to go but we do have the technology now to further the medical field along.
2007-02-24 15:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by jenibaby01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think about another 50 years ,there weren't any animals and humans in this earth, look like other planets.
2007-02-19 09:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by victor98_2001 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why not?
In movies they were talking with mobile since 1960. If someone told me you will speak with wireless (mobile) phone 20 years ago, I wont belive it. So why not ?
nice day to you
2007-02-19 08:01:35 · answer #7 · answered by hanibal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it can become real but i think we have to get good preserve DNA of those animals.
Do u want them to come back alife?
2007-02-19 07:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by RICKY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think there is a good chance yes , the question is will we be around still ,i hope so
2007-02-23 23:18:50 · answer #9 · answered by Maka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think so, but that is a good movie.
2007-02-19 07:48:28 · answer #10 · answered by Hannah M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋