From T. Rex to Chicken: The Dino-Bird Connection

sweets2360 wrote:

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I couldnt find the link to the Discovery program where there is a scientist who is turning off and on genes of eggs and has already found one spot that turns on teeth, another that turns on the long tail. Before long they will have it altogether and I hope will let at least one hatch to show the world that evolutions history is in the genes.
https://www.llnl.gov/str/April05/Loots.html

sweets2360 wrote:

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I couldnt find the link to the Discovery program where there is a scientist who is turning off and on genes of eggs and has already found one spot that turns on teeth, another that turns on the long tail. Before long they will have it altogether and I hope will let at least one hatch to show the world that evolutions history is in the genes.
https://www.llnl.gov/str/April05/Loots.html

FossilBob wrote:

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...And another biologist generated feathers on scaled birds' legs.

Darwins Stepchild wrote:

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I saw that not long ago. Interesting. They suggested starting with an emu and tweaking the genes to turn on some of the dino-like characteristics.
Not sure how feasible that is at present...if ever. Discovery channel sometimes lets hyperbole get the better of them. Still, the genes ARE there...teeth, long tail, scales. Sure doesn't LOOK like an intelligent design.

Cvvl wrote:

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I also caught that one. Wild, wonderful stuff coming to light. I wonder though... if they can find the "on/off" switches for teeth, scales, etc., how hard would it be to dig into human genes and play with the switches for fur, tails, primitive skeletal structure? And if they _did_ turn on primitive genetic triggers in a couple of animals to produce no-longer seen traits, would that prove anything to the IDers?

Darwins Stepchild wrote:

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No, it wouldn't. It doesn't matter to them that their "theory" would never predict such a thing. They would find some way to rationalize it and claim it was always part of ID.

Darwins Stepchild wrote:

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No, it wouldn't. It doesn't matter to them that their "theory" would never predict such a thing. They would find some way to rationalize it and claim it was always part of ID.

sweets2360 wrote:

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Yep they would swear God put the switches there for our convenience.

Cvvl wrote:

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LOL, just in case we decided that we preferred dinosaurs over chickens and wanted them back. After all, we were designed with free will.

Darwins Stepchild wrote:

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But...but...FB! According to creationists, the jump from scales to feathers is just...unimaginable!(Never mind that they are made of the same protein.)

Ephraim wrote:

one could clone a t rex with a chicken or clone a gallimimus with a ostrich or clone a croc with a spinosaurus

Fossil Bob wrote:

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Do we really want Chickens wandering round, eating stray cats and dogs...?

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Wayne wrote:

T-Rex to Chicken. You people are ignorant.

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Fossil Bob wrote:

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Do we really want Chickens wandering round, eating stray cats and dogs...?

Cvvl wrote:

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That's right Wayne, we are. Please let us flounder about gleefully in our absurd delusions.

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Wayne wrote:

T-Rex to Chicken. You people are ignorant.