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Scientists Find Mummified Corpse of a Duckbilled Dinosaur

 
 
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Reply Wed 19 Mar, 2008 05:01 pm
Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/dinosaur_mummy

Picture: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080318/480/0fff0ee330244b6ca9bbe16d8c014a5a/
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Reply Wed 19 Mar, 2008 05:04 pm
mummified tissue? does this mean we can clone dinosaurs now?

im serious, doesnt it?
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Reply Wed 19 Mar, 2008 05:14 pm
OGIONIK wrote:
mummified tissue? does this mean we can clone dinosaurs now?

im serious, doesnt it?


Not very likely. I'm not sure that the mummification process is very DNA-friendly.

And even if I'm wrong on that, I think DNA tends to break down after 100,000 years even in the best environments.

But I'd think we might get a good idea as to the structure of internal organs if we are lucky.
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