Getting An Earful

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. In the book (and film) Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, dinosaur DNA from in insects that bit the dinosaurs and are now preserved in amber. Scientists are then able to extract the dinosaur DNA and using West African bullfrog DNA to fill in the blanks in the genome, they recreate many dinosaurs in a park. The book and film were works of science fiction adventure since the dinosaurs go out of control. The story is a warning about the hubris of playing with DNA and bringing back the past.…
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