| Description |
viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: How to build a dinosaur : extinction doesn't have to be forever. New York : Dutton, c2009. |
| 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. |
| 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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Evolutionary paleobiology. |
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Dinosaurs -- Extinction.
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Dinosaurs -- Extinction. |
| Added Author |
Gorman, James, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9780452296015 paperback $16.00 |
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0452296013 |
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