Dng vs cr2 in lightroom

Are there any advantages of either .DNG files or .CR2 in lightroom?
What would be the extension of choice and why?
Thank You

What Yammer P said. 
Add to that the fact that JPEG has undergone lossy compression, which further reduces the accuracy of the image data.
JPEGs have their uses, but if your storage and processing resources are up to it and your software supports them,  it's probably a good idea to shoot raw images.
-Noel

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