Dinosaur Peptide Preservation and Degradation
Guests: Doug Sharp and Rich Geer
Description: Is it possible for intact peptides, DNA, collagen and osteocytes to be preserved for 68 million years? The iDINO project investigates the fragile nature of biological material and eliminates the possibility that these materials could be preserved for deep time. The discovery of these materials in dinosaur bone indicates that these creatures could not have died out millions of years ago. Dinosaurs are young!