Basically, it ws about some biologists and palentologists who came upon an interesting phenomenon - they delved deep into DNA and genes, and found that birds still had dormant genes from dinosaurs in their DNA. I wasn't able to catch how they did it, (busy eating dinner) but these guys were able to create a virus which they injected into a chicken embryo, which would activate the 'genetic memory' of the chicken embryo, cling to its DNA, and reactivate the controller gene that formed certain body parts, i.e. teeth and scales.
They were able to create a chicken which had developing teeth on its beak, as well as one which started to grow feathers on the normally scaly legs of the bird.
Of course, this type of thing rarely happens naturally in mutations - dolphins with vestigial legs or flies born without an abdomen of wings, for example.
This doesn't prove macroevolution, but it does provide a cryptic piece of evidence - birds have dormant genes in their DNA that lead to the development of distinctly reptilian features, or those of feathered dinosaurs.
but these scientists didn't get any unintentional results.
Not this time, but hopefully they start doing it on a regular basis. Or at least not on animals that could do much hard even if they're genetically enhanced.
Just think if we made a Bear, pig, chicken or whatever we would be messing with their genes and problem ruin some in the process so it would mess them up which is cruel
There's already a significant amount of animal use in medical testing. Adding genetic sciences to the mix doesn't change that fact.
My concern is what kind of monsters could we create by doing this? I mean these genes are from hundreds of thousands of years ago when animals needed to survive in a harsher environment. We don't want chickens to run around with deadly fangs now, that would greatly disrupt many ecosystems. And imagine animals that are already fierce now getting more dangers.
Do you honestly think they would release these things into the wild? Scientists use genetics as a powerful tool to try and understand how life works, but these kinds of experiments stay in the laboratory; the specimens are euthanized & then dissected for additional information, and then destroyed or placed into cold storage.
