User blog comment:Jurassic Park Treasury/How to clone a Velociraptor/@comment-66.195.91.190-20150506153159

First of all, no matter how much you try to preserve the DNA, the DNA breaks down over time. We haven't even been able to find a mammoth genome, let alone a 65+ million year old specimen. Also, the DNA from the mosquito would be mixed with the dinosaur. And do you know what the chance is that the mosquito bit a dinosaur, and fell in treesap before it could digest the blood? And your talk about filling the gaps with DNA from ostrich DNA, YOU CANT DO THAT. You cant just fill in that DNA with whatever you want. One gene could code for the ostrices long neck, you implant that and your T-Rex will look like a giraffe. Also sequencing a genome is no easy task. "You just need a computer, it is a relatively easy task.". You would need a supercomputer with twice the processing power of the hadron collider. The human genome project took ten years to sequence one species, and that was with world-wide collaboration. To sequence any dinosaur you want, is not worth the time. And you have to have an egg to implant the DNA into. You said that ostrich eggs would work, but they are not closely related with velociraptors. You can't use a surrogate that is more than 10,000 years of evolution apart. Maybe you should do more research that is not outdated before you write a paper. Jurassic Park is not possible in this way. I am in 8th grade and I just proved you wrong. If you would like further points or research please don't hesitate to ask.