Description |
viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Summary |
Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are poised to create a real dinosaur based on the latest breakthroughs - without using prehistoric DNA. The mystery ingredient in this recreation is the genetic code for building dinosaurs that lives on in modern birds. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index. |
Contents |
Hell Creek : time, space, and digging to the past -- It's a girl! : a pregnancy test for T. Rex -- Molecules are fossils, too : biological secrets in ancient bones -- Dinosaurs among us : chickens and other cousins of T. Rex -- Where babies come from : ancestors in the egg -- Wag the bird : the shrinking backbone -- Reverse evolution : experimenting with extinction -- Appendix. Chickenosaurus skeleton. |
Subject |
Evolutionary paleobiology.
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Dinosaurs -- Extinction.
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Added Author |
Gorman, James, 1949-
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ISBN |
9780525951049 hardcover |
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0525951040 hardcover |
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