Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-50.81.142.215-20141213091155/@comment-3213993-20150314020319

BastionMonk wrote: Once we fully understand embryonal development and all the links between DNA and phenotypes, we can create anything. We could create pterosaur-facsimiles, dragons, unicorns etc. The only limits will be the laws of physics. Right now we try to find dino-genes and dino-like eggs and egg cells because we do not know how to grow a dinosaur, we hope the genes and eggs still "know". Once we have complete knowlegde, we do not need them any more. However, this could take a VERY long time.

In the universe of Jurassic World they are already at that point. They do not use ostrich or crocodile eggs to grow dinosaurs, they use artificial eggs and egg cells. Methods of predicting phenotype from genetic sequence might help. Here are some relevant papers.