Had dinosaurs been alive, it could have been possible that the next time you ordered for a chicken leg, the restaurant would have served you a T. Rex steak.Don't be surprised, for scientists have now discovered that dinosaur proteins are very similar to chicken proteins. For their study, the team of US researchers compared organic molecules preserved in a 68 million year old T. Rex fossil and compared them to those of living animals.
Scientists found the protein sequence pattern to be structurally similar to chicken collagen, and there were also similarities with frog and newt protein. Mass sepctrometry, a sensitive technique that identifies chemicals by their atomic mass, also revealed that the protein in the bones were similar to chicken proteins.
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