EAN: 9783319289601

SCIENCE AND FICTION THE HUNT FOR FOXP5 - DAVI...

Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without
warning  while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon  adopted in Kazakhstan 
stubbornly believes she is a mutant. As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown
into the middle of a quickly thickening plot  where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt
for FOXP5  a genetic transcription factor that could herald the dawn of new human species.
Initially caught helplessly between well-meaning fellow scientists  the government and more
sinister agents  Michelle  with the help of a host of unlikely heroes  eventually takes control
and finds the courage to confront the decision of whether to save human lives or humanity. The
scientific and technical aspects underlying the plot - in particular aspects of FOX proteins 
genetic mutations  viruses and cancer as well as the relation between intelligence and cortical
complexity - are introduced and discussed by the authors in an extensive non-technical
appendix.

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