Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-3213993-20140925072347/@comment-3213993-20150318042444

I've thought about this again. I've classified the main categories of genes and other DNA that would be used for the dinosaur facismile genome.


 * Reconstructed ancestral genes, similar or identical to the genes present in early saurischians and/or theropods.


 * Mutant/atavistic genes, activations and knockouts.


 * Gene sequences that code for dinosaur protein sequences.


 * Genes from the template genome that have little or no effect on the phenotype.


 * Transgenic genes from other modern animals.

We would have to be careful when building the genome, because gene interactions may occur that cause the animal to look less like a dinosaur and more of a freak.