The Science In The Movie, Jurassic Park

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Jurassic Park is a movie that people of many ages have loved for many years. The science in the movie is an extension of the true discoveries of molecular biology. However scientists have already been able to clone sheep and mice and they can also change colors in trout to make them easier to catch. To clone dinosaurs in the film they needed a complete set of dinosaur-DNA. The scientist extracted the DNA from the blood of a fossilized mosquito. The mosquito landed on the dinosaur and sucked out its blood soon after that it would have landed on a tree and got stuck in some sap. Which leaves the mosquito perfectly preserved for the scientists to use later on. They also added the DNA from other animals to complete the code. Once the set was

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