Hans Larsson, the Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at
Montreal's McGill University, said he aims to develop dinosaur traits
that disappeared millions of years ago in birds.Larsson believes by flipping certain genetic levers during a chicken
embryo's development, he can reproduce the dinosaur anatomy, he told
AFP in an interview.Though still in its infancy, the research could eventually lead to
hatching live prehistoric animals, but Larsson said there are no plans
for that now, for ethical and practical reasons — a dinosaur hatchery
is "too large an enterprise."
The longer story is here and I thank Bookslut (one of my favorite blogs) for the pointer. Here is Larsson's home page.
Where is Jeff Goldblum when you need him? This line of research does not end well.
There was a PBS Nova documentary this past year that featured Larsson’s research. Pretty interesting stuff.
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