LEADER 03836nam 22005655 450 001 9910337950503321 005 20200704180315.0 010 $a3-030-04553-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-04553-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000007598189 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-04553-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5667408 035 $a(PPN)235005355 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007598189 100 $a20190201d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Code for Carolyn $eA Genomic Thriller /$fby V. Anne Smith 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (V, 235 p. 6 illus.) 225 1 $aScience and Fiction,$x2197-1188 311 $a3-030-04551-X 330 $aCarolyn?s parents did not, after all, make genomics history by synthesizing her genome in a lab. She has known she is the "Human Hoax" ever since a high school genetics exercise revealed she has trisomy X?a chromosomal abnormality?yet no synthetically constructed genome would have such clear traces of natural conception. Many years later, as molecular biologist, she hopes her colleagues never learn of her embarrassing origins. But when someone ransacks her office and lab, she finds professional embarrassment is the least of her worries. Someone believes she has the results of her parents? last, secret experiments, and is willing to kill to get them. But all she has from her parents are their genes?can she find what else they may have left her before somebody else does? In a not-so-distant society, where corporations wield as much power as nations and the line between corporate employee and state authority is blurred, the chase is on. Carolyn may have just too little time at hand to unravel the mystery of her parents? final days and to realize the deep consequences for the future of mankind. This fast-paced novel is followed by an extensive science chapter where the author provides a non-technical primer on modern genetics and on the speculative biology behind Carolyn?s code. Dr V Anne Smith is on the biology faculty at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She researches computational biology, concentrating on complex biological networks. She develops algorithms to infer functional interactions based upon observational data, generating biological discovery in areas as diverse as ecosystems and gene regulation. In addition to doing research, she enjoys writing science fiction stories. A Code for Carolyn is her first scientific novel. 410 0$aScience and Fiction,$x2197-1188 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aNucleic acids 606 $aGenetic engineering 606 $aChemistry 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aNucleic Acid Chemistry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14011 606 $aGenetic Engineering$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C12037 606 $aPopular Science in Chemistry and Materials$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q19000 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aNucleic acids. 615 0$aGenetic engineering. 615 0$aChemistry. 615 14$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aNucleic Acid Chemistry. 615 24$aGenetic Engineering. 615 24$aPopular Science in Chemistry and Materials. 676 $a570 700 $aSmith$b V. Anne$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0976594 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337950503321 996 $aA Code for Carolyn$92224715 997 $aUNINA