InGen

InGen (International Genetic Technologies, Incorporated) is a fictional genetic engineering company appearing in the "Jurassic Park" series of novels, [Michael Crichton, "Jurassic Park" (Ballantine Books, 1991), [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345370775/?keywords=InGen%20Jurassic%20Park&p=S01E&checkSum=Fphit%252F3qUY0qWDlPFU7IW9ECoitvWnVes1hdaATVyvs%253D 36] .] films and real world attractions. The company is based in Palo Alto, California, and has one location in Europe. Nevertheless, most of InGen's research took place on both the islands of Isla Sorna and Isla Nublar.

The company also pioneered a technique to use DNA extracted from ancient mosquitoes trapped in solid amber to produce cloned, living dinosaurs.

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InGen was founded by billionaire John Hammond in 1983, with mostly Japanese contributions. In 1985 Hammond started to design and construct "Jurassic Park", a zoo-like tourist attraction on the island of Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. "Jurassic Park" would be the first zoo in the history of the world to have living, breathing dinosaurs as the attractions. In addition, Hammond created a research facility on "Site B" (featured in "" and "Jurassic Park III"). InGen is never specifically mentioned by name in the first film, however their logo appears on the side of the Augusta A105a helicopter as inGen construction and on the employees ID tags.According to the novel "The Lost World", InGen broke down after the incident on Isla Nublar in 1989 (1993 in the film). In "", Hammond was forced out by the board of directors and replaced as chief executive officer by his nephew, Peter Ludlow. Ludlow built a new Jurassic Park in San Diego and went to Isla Sorna to capture the dinosaurs and populate the park. Ludlow, however, was killed by an infant "T. Rex" that he captured on the island. Hammond is also killed in the novel version of "Jurassic Park".

Reception

Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction describe InGen as comparable to another "sleezy organization". [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=CZ4YAAAAIAAJ&q=InGen+Jurassic+Park&dq=InGen+Jurassic+Park&ei=0199SK2wFY6UiAGm7a3tDw&pgis=1] ] Other sources reference the company's receiving the baby T-Rex as an allusion to other exploitative entrepreneurs depicted in "King Kong". [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=HFe2xG2YnqAC&pg=PA249&dq=InGen+Jurrasic+park&lr=&ei=zmJ9SNG1BqHOjgHI0pTtDw&sig=ACfU3U0d3jJLPvY1XOqWsqL013WNvjNX1w] ] Ken Gelder describes InGen as "resolutely secretive, just like the firm in Grisham's novel." [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=7VHERzW1-LMC&pg=RA1-PA113&dq=InGen+Jurrasic+park&lr=&ei=zmJ9SNG1BqHOjgHI0pTtDw&sig=ACfU3U264fCW0H87Pniyc8i2OeTGVxWP3Q#PRA1-PA113,M1] ]

References

*Malcolmson Baily, "Case 15: "State of Costa Rica v. Donald Gennaro"," "At the Bar: Legal Cases from Literature" (Montreal: Lulu.com), [http://books.google.com/books?id=NbC46VFJQZwC&pg=PA127&dq=InGen+Jurassic+Park&ei=su14SIC8IJOOjAHLgOXCBA&sig=ACfU3U21XCX7a5RMlOWUsBDIpXIO4xcF_Q 127] . ISBN 0978286413.

External links

* [http://www.lost-world.com/Lost_World02/inGENe.html "Official" InGen website]