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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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