Preserved Baby Duck-billed Dinosaur DNA Is Discovered

An international team led by Dr. Alida Bailleul from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Mary Schweitzer from North Carolina State University in the U.S. have presented evidence of fossilized cell nuclei and chromosomes within preserved cartilage inbaby duckbilled dinosaurs. Their findings were published in National Science Review on Feb. 28.

Cartilage Cells, Chromosomes and DNA Preserved in 75 Million-Year-Old Baby Duckbilled Dinosaur