期刊全称 | A Code for Carolyn | 期刊简称 | A Genomic Thriller | 影响因子2023 | V. Anne Smith | 视频video | | 发行地址 | A gripping, hard science fiction novel on the theme of synthetic genomics.Contains a comprehensive non-technical overview of the science underlying the plot.Authored by an expert scientist with experi | 学科分类 | Science and Fiction | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .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 provide | Pindex | Book 2019 |
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