title: [Sequence analysis of the cytochrome b gene fragment in a dinosaur egg].
abstract: A 170bp PCR products was amplified the DNA in a dinosaur egg using primers designed from the conserved regions of human cytochrome b gene and was sequenced. BLAST search through INTERNET for homology detection showed that the sequence was almose identical with the human mitochondria cytochrome b gene(96-100% similarity). Therefore we can conclude that the dinosaur egg itself has been seriously contaminated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Academia Sinica, Beijing.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004531:Eggs; D005580:Fossils; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012104:Reptiles / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004247:DNA