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LIVE SCIENCE www.LiveScience.com RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS? REVERSE-EVOLVING A CHICKEN-O-SAURUS! Behold dino-chicken. Paleontologist Jack Horner observes that since birds are the descen- dants of long-extinct dinosaurs, why couldn't we turn a chicken back into a dinosaur? HOW SCIENCE WILL CREATE THE CHICKENOSAURUS fig. 1: CHICKENfig. 2: CHICKENOSAURUS fg 3: VELOCIRAPTOR Making a chickenosaurus does not involve tinkering with dinosaur DNA as in Jurassic Park. The transfor mation could be accomplished by "turning on" dormant genes in the chicken's own genetic code. with dinosaur DNA as in Jurassic In the embryo stage, a bird shows evidence for long-gone arms, claws and a long tail, but these features disappear before the bird hatches from its egg. By restoring these extinct features, a bird could be made to resemble its dinosaur ancestor. SOURCES: JACK HORNER, DREAMSTIME.COM, VELOCIRAPTOR ILLUSTRATION BY F. IPPOLITO, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY KARL TATE / ⓒ LiveScience.com YEAH SCIENCE BITCH

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