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No. Alligators are not descendants of dinosaurs, so you cannot make a dinosaur using an alligator. Birds, however, are living descendants of dinosaurs and still have some genes which have been essentially switched off. One scientist believes he can bring out more dinosaur-like traits by tampering with the DNA of a chicken.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoNo it is not possible. It used to be thought that you could take the DNA from dinosaur remains to clone one to life but the DNA has been around for millions of years and is too damaged to do so.
Theoretically, yes. The issue with DNA is that it does not age well. It crinkles up and breaks apart, so we have, at best, only fragments of dinosaur DNA not incorporated in extent (avian) species. If we DID build a dinosaur, we would have to make educated guesses as to the nature of the missing pieces. This is certainly within the realm of possibility. Before we do it we are more likely to resurrect mastodons or mammoths, much more recently extinct species for which we have better preserved sections of DNA.
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What was the fist dinosaur born?
Scientists believe that Ceolophysis wasthe first dinosaur
What evidence do scientists use to study the ancient dinosaur?
Scientists use mainly fossils.
Is there any type of dinosaur left?
Scientists consider birds a type of dinosaur. Birds are still alive and abundant.
How do scientists know the assumptions of a dinosaur being colorblind?
There is no such assumption.
How did scientists found out about pangaea?
Scientists found fossils that were from the same dinosaur in South America, Africa, Australia, and Europe.
With what scientists proposed the meteorite impact hypothesis to explain the extinction of the?
Dinosaur?
What dinosaur is considered a reptile by scientists?
All dinosaurs are considered reptiles.
What have scientists discovered?
they have discovered dinosaur bones and much more such as crystals
Why did scientists compare dinosaur and mammal bone cells?
Dinosaurs were endotherms
How to use preserve in a sentence?
Scientists will preserve the dinosaur's bones to put in a museum.
How do scientists know how much a dinosaur weighs?
by the density in which the bones accumalated equal out to
What do scientists use to study what dinosaurs ate?
fossilized dinosaur waste material
