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T. Rex and His Family.(Tyrannosaurus rex )(Brief article)
Byline: Sharon Begley
The answer is: like chicken--with a hint of frog and notes of newt. It's not that many people have been asking what Tyrannosaurus rex tasted like. But in a feat that demolishes beliefs about how long biological molecules can survive, scientists have isolated tiny amounts of the protein collagen from the thigh bone of a T. rex that died 68 million years ago in what is now Montana. There was just enough for scientists at Beth Deaconess Medical Center to determine the protein's sequence of amino acids. The sequence it matches most closely, reported in the journal Science, is that of modern-day chickens, followed by frog and newt. The match is the first molecular ...
- Protein Fragments Sequenced in 68-Million-Year-Old Tyrannosaurus Rex; Sequences...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service April 12, 2007 700+ words
...protein from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. The protein fragments - seven in...working with scientists at North Carolina State University, report their findings...Science, Mary Schweitzer, of North Carolina State University, and colleagues found...
- T Rex soft tissue found.(Tyrannosaurus Rex)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry April 4, 2005 700+ words
...Scientists have cracked open the fossilised thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and found what appears to be soft tissue. However, researchers...information to DNA. The tissue, obtained by a team from North Carolina State University, seems to be flexible transparent filaments...
- T. Rex and His Family.(Tyrannosaurus rex)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Begley, Sharon April 23, 2007 700+ words
...newt. It's not that many people have been asking what Tyrannosaurus rex tasted like. But in a feat that demolishes beliefs about...relationships among extinct animals, says Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University, who found cells in the Montana rex. Until...
- Hot under the collar over dinosaurs. (Tyrannosaurus rex may have been...
- Magazine article from: Science News July 23, 1994 700+ words
...physiology. By analyzing oxygen stored within the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, they have found evidence suggesting that the...samples. Reese E. Barrick and William J. Showers of North Carolina State University in Raleigh studied an exceptionally well preserved...
- Ancient extract: T. rex fossil yields recognizable protein.(tyrannosaurus rex)
- Magazine article from: Science News Perkins, S. April 14, 2007 700+ words
New analyses of a Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone reveal that the fossil, which is 68 million years...including Mary H. Schweitzer, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh--extracted soft, pliable tissue...
- My brother is a Tyrannosaurus rex. (short story)
- Magazine article from: U.S. Kids Charles, Steve March 1, 1997 700+ words
...tree-stomping, toy-snatching Tyrannosaurus rex! Of course, he's not a Tyrannosaurus...when you're nine years old and a Tyrannosaurus rex steals your food? What can you do...watching your favorite cartoon and a Tyrannosaurus rex rumbles in and changes the channel...
- My Brother Is a Tyrannosaurus Rex.(Short Story)
- Magazine article from: U.S. Kids Charles, Steve March 1, 2001 700+ words
...tree-stomping, toy-snatching Tyrannosaurus Rex! Of course, he's not a Tyrannosaurus...when you're nine years old and a Tyrannosaurus Rex steals your food? What can you do...watching your favorite cartoon and a Tyrannosaurus Rex rumbles in and changes the channel...
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2008 700+ words
Tyrannosaurus Rex Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex), was a meat-eating (canivorous) dinosaur...they were of little practical use. BOOKS Cohen, Daniel. Tyrannosaurus Rex . Mankato, MN:Capstone Press, 2006. Kim, Sam. Tyrannosaurus...
