Mutant Chickens Grow Teeth
Posted by Chris Young on 02.22.06
Scientists genetically enhance some chickens to grow teeth. Apparently the ancestors of birds had teeth but that gene has gone dormant. By ‘turning on’ that dormant gened we get little dinosaurs.
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Firefly said,
02.23.06 at 6:58 am
I’m going to have nightmares of chickens with fangs now….
beesucker said,
02.23.06 at 10:43 am
Then my purpose has been fulfilled. Muhahahaha!
Authentic Personality » Does Ontogeny recapitulate Phylogeny said,
03.14.06 at 10:59 am
[…] And maybe you read my post before about the scientists being able to express genes in chickens causing them to grow teeth. We seem to be a certrain expression of the whole of nature – we express ourselves humanly, Bando who gets milk expresses himself dogedly. Anyway, you should know more about the phrase, “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny”. […]