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SCIENCE AND FICTION A CODE FOR CAROLYN - V AN...

Carolyn's parents did not  after all  make genomics history by synthesizing her genome in a
lab. She has known she is the Human Hoax ever since a high school genetics exercise revealed
she has trisomy X-a chromosomal abnormality-yet no synthetically constructed genome would have
such clear traces of natural conception. Many years later  as molecular biologist  she hopes
her colleagues never learn of her embarrassing origins. But when someone ransacks her office
and lab  she finds professional embarrassment is the least of her worries. Someone believes she
has the results of her parents' last  secret experiments  and is willing to kill to get them.
But all she has from her parents are their genes-can she find what else they may have left her
before somebody else does?In a not-so-distant society  where corporations wield as much power
as nations and the line between corporate employee and state authority is blurred  the chase is
on. Carolyn may have just too little time at hand to unravel the mystery of her parents' final
days and to realize the deep consequences for the future of mankind. This fast-paced novel is
followed by an extensive science chapter where the author provides a non-technical primer on
modern genetics and on the speculative biology behind Carolyn's code.

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