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Genetic Engineering In Jurassic Park

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Jurassic park is a great way of visualizing the gruesome effects of genetic engineering. Through the use of bioengineering (in a way that is completely false by the way), John Hammond was able to access DNA from dinosaurs and hatch dinosaur eggs to make them no longer extinct. At first, this was completely innocent, but then the park engineered velociraptor and T-Rex dinosaurs. From this point, the plot was bound to be bloody. It was well known that these dinosaurs were dangerous before they were made by the park. Of course, we all know that many people died after this John Hammond was interested in money and he believed showing a wider variety of dinosaurs would be a better idea. This in lies the problem, which can be related to genetic engineering

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