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Sci-fi and Jurassic Park have driven research, scientists say

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imageRoaming among the dinosaurs in Jurassic World.ILM/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment

The park is almost open. Two decades on and Jurassic Park has morphed into Jurassic World, the one and only dinosaur theme park. Science has apparently evolved too: the genetically-engineered dinosaurs are to take a secondary role to a new star of the...

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