Chapter 303

On September 22, the United States extracted dinosaur genetic materials for the first time, which quickly occupied the front page of major newspapers. The news originally came from the University of Montana, where a team of paleontologists led by Jack Horner first extracted genetic material from the thigh bone of a 65 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Before long, the news quickly hit the world!

In the famous novel Jurassic Park, scientists found dinosaur blood from a mosquito's straw in amber, extracted DNA molecules from it, and finally made dinosaurs! However, novels are novels after all, and people's feelings are not deep enough. But now, even some scientists have extracted the genetic material of "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Is it possible to make dinosaurs like the one in the novel?

There was a big discussion around the world.

At the moment, the news that scientists have extracted dinosaur genetic material has also spread wildly on twitter, and many netizens have left messages.

"Oh, my God, with all the genes, scientists are going to replicate Tyrannosaurus Rex?"

"Crouching trough, the real Jurassic Park

"I'm sure I'll make a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and then I can't control it. I run out to eat people. Oh, it's terrible..."

"Excuse me, is T-Rex delicious?"

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At this time, many reporters came to interview Henry.

"Hello, Mr. Henry Williams. You must have heard that American scientists recently extracted genetic materials from the thigh bones of T. rex. You once wrote Jurassic Park. Do you think scientists can make dinosaurs The reporter asked.

Henry touched his nose. It seems that his Jurassic Park has a great influence on people.

Although Horner and others found the genetic material DNA from the thigh bone of T. rex, if the material is not complete, it is impossible to copy the dinosaur!

You know, there are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus of every cell in human beings, of which two pairs of chromosomes "X chromosome" and "Y chromosome" determine sex. And each chromosome is a long strand DNA molecule, that is to say, 23 pairs of chromosomes have 46 long strand DNA molecules. This whole set of DNA molecules is called genome, which means only the complete genome can perfectly produce organisms!

If there are any shortcomings, we may not be able to create them, or we may create a "freak"!

Henry did not see the research data of Horner and others, but it should be impossible to extract the complete dinosaur genome! If we really extract the complete genome, ha ha, we will have a lot of fun. Maybe we can really make dinosaurs

Henry thought for a moment, shook his head to the reporter and said, "maybe... But I still don't think there's a good chance of making dinosaurs!"

When the reporter heard this, his eyes lit up and he took a picture of Henry!

The newspaper soon sold out, and Henry was pushed to the top of the storm. Reality and the Internet discussed Henry's words one after another, just like an increasingly fierce situation!

At this time, Horner and his research team held a press conference and said that although DNA molecules can be "amplified" and replicated, they are only a small part of biological genetic materials, which is not enough to provide the basis for dinosaurs to "recreate"!

After Horner and others made a statement, the voice of discussion gradually died out. However, there are still many people who don't understand why they can't make dinosaurs

As a result, a variety of popular science knowledge appeared in newspapers and on the Internet.

Later, some experts pointed out: "genes are the most basic genetic factors, DNA fragments with genetic effects and carrying genetic information. It supports the basic structure and performance of life, and stores all the information about the race, blood type, breeding, growth and apoptosis of life! By studying genes, we can explore the true meaning of life and discover the essence and changes of life evolution! "

"At present, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, China and other countries are participating in the human genome project. By sequencing the human genome, we can draw a map of human genes, thus revealing the secret of 3 billion base pairs that make up 25000 genes in the human body!"

"The human genome project is a large-scale, transnational and interdisciplinary scientific exploration project, with a budget of up to 3 billion US dollars. Together with the Manhattan atomic bomb project and Apollo project, it is called the three major scientific projects!"

In fact, the gene umbrella company is also carrying out the human genome project, but the gene umbrella company has more than the global total of all gene sequencing strength!

Gene umbrella gene equipment R & D department has manufactured 1000 sets of the world's most advanced capillary automatic sequencer abi-1001. Each abi-1001 is extremely expensive and costs US $500000.

In addition, Henry had ordered clay to build supercomputers.

Simon clay is recognized as the "father of supercomputer" by European and American countries. Clay company he founded once controlled the whole supercomputer market and occupied the peak position for five years! After 2008, we made the world's first supercomputer "Jaguar", and after two years, we made the world's first supercomputer "Titan"!

On supercomputer technology, Cray company is undoubtedly the world's first-class level!

Since Henry acquired clay, he told them to make the most powerful supercomputer at all costs. Therefore, after more than a year, on July 1, 1994, the supercomputer was finally manufactured.

This supercomputer, Henry gave it the order "Titan one"!

The birth of Titan I immediately broke the world record of supercomputer!

In December 1992, Intel launched the paragon supercomputer, becoming the first supercomputer in history to break through the floating-point computing barrier of 1 trillion times per second!

"Titan-1" supercomputer has 5000 MIPS processors, the manufacturing cost is 120 million US dollars, and its computing speed is up to 100 billion times, which is ten times that of Paragon supercomputer!!!

When clay company announced the computing speed of "Titan I", it immediately caused a huge sensation in the industry! Even the U.S. government was alarmed and sent someone to order a titan-1 supercomputer from clay company! Originally, they wanted to buy "Titan I" directly, but Henry had to use it for his own use, so he could only help them produce it.

We have all kinds of technology, and we can produce one in ten days.

"Titan I" was then sent to the gene umbrella I experimental center, responsible for the calculation work.

With the help of 1000 capillary automatic sequencer abi-1001 and titan-1, the gene sequencing work of gene umbrella is really strong, and the global total speed is not as fast as that of gene umbrella!

Sequencing the human genome as soon as possible is of great significance for the study of one's own disease! Henry thought, as long as you can speed up and spend more money, it doesn't matter!